LOAD FACTOR DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STEEL I BEAM COMPOSITE HIGHWAY BRIDGES

This report presents a summary of the results of a comphrehensive research program, designed to evaluate the load distribution and effective width of steel composite highway bridges, under factored loading. The results are given in the form of several emperical equations, for use in determining the load distribution and effective slab widths. Applications of these equations, relative to the design of several bridges, is given in detail. A commentary of the theory, model experiments, and correlation between theory and tests is also given.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  College Park, MD  United States  20742

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Maryland Department of Transportation

  State Highway Administration, 707 N Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Authors:
  • Heins, C P
  • Colville, J
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 63 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Composite structures; Design; Dynamic loads; Highway bridges; I beams; Load factor; Load transfer; Loads; Mathematical analysis; Static loads; Structural design; Testing; Ultimate strength; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Steel beams
• Old TRIS Terms: Ultimate strength method
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CE-63 Final Rpt., Aw-120-6
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 28 1978 12:00AM