The Sandwich Plate System for Bridge Decks
The sandwich plate system, comprising two (steel) flange plates bonded to a continuous elastomer core or web, forms a much stiffer and stronger system than a single steel plate, doesn’t need closely spaced stiffeners and is relatively fatigue insensitive. Two SPS box girders are designed to replace the orthotropic deck stiffening box girder of a suspension bridge to allow comparisons to be made between the two systems of orthotropic and SPS decks and the advantages of the latter to be identified.
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Corporate Authors:
Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania
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Authors:
- Kennedy, D J L
- Dorton, R A
- Alexander, S D B
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Conference:
- Vital Links in Securing Our Mobility. 2002 International Bridge Conference. 19th Annual IBC
- Location: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States
- Date: 2002-6-10 to 2002-6-12
- Publication Date: 2002
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 13p
- Monograph Title: Vital Links in Securing Our Mobility. 2002 International Bridge Conference. Official Proceedings of the 19th Annual IBC
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Buckling; Debonding; Elastomers; Orthotropic; Plate girders; Sandwich construction; Steel plates
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01084937
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: IBC-02-10
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:14AM