Download or read book Strength and Stability of Prestressed Concrete Through girder Pedestrian Bridges Subjected to Vehicular Impact written by Eray Baran and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two issues regarding the prestressed concrete through-girder pedestrian bridge system are investigated. The first issue concerns the ductility of prestressed concrete girders in these bridges because the section that is typically used may be considered to be over-reinforced according to AASHTO LRFD Bridge Specifications. Response of the section, including neutral axis location, strand stress at ultimate capacity, and moment capacity, predicted by AASHTO Standard and AASHTO LRFD Specifications are compared with the sectional response determined from nonlinear strain compatibility analyses. Modifications are proposed to the AASHTO LRFD procedure to rectify the errors in predicting sectional response. The second issue that was investigated concerns the strength and stability of prestressed concrete through-girder pedestrian bridges when subjected to impact by over-height vehicles. Three-dimensional finite element models of entire bridges and subassemblages were used to evaluate the strength, stiffness, and ductility characteristics of the bridge system and connection details. Accurate representation of the bridge details in the finite element models were assured by utilizing experimentally determined load-deformation characteristics for the connections. Results showed that significant improvements in the lateral load-deflection behavior of the bridge system could be obtained by implementing alternate connection schemes, and that concrete side-walls should be provided at girder ends.
Download or read book Analysis of the Strength and Stability of Prestressed Concrete Through girder Pedestrian Bridges Under Vehicular Impact written by Eray Baran and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Engineering for Structural Stability in Bridge Construction written by Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-19 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is intended to serve as a reference. It will provide technical information which will enable Manual users to perform the following activities:Describe typical erection practices for girder bridge superstructures and recognize critical construction stagesDiscuss typical practices for evaluating structural stability of girder bridge superstructures during early stages of erection and throughout bridge constructionExplain the basic concepts of stability and why it is important in bridge erection* Explain common techniques for performing advanced stability analysis along with their advantages and limitationsDescribe how differing construction sequences effect superstructure stabilityBe able to select appropriate loads, load combinations, and load factors for use in analyzing superstructure components during constructionBe able to analyze bridge members at various stages of erection* Develop erection plans that are safe and economical, and know what information is required and should be a part of those plansDescribe the differences between local, member and global (system) stability
Download or read book Stability of Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Considering Imperfections and Thermal Effects written by Jonathan B. Hurff and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spans of precast prestressed concrete bridge girders have become longer to provide more economical and safer transportation structures. As the spans have increased, so has the depth of the girders which in turn have increased the slenderness of the girders. Slenderness in a beam or girder would increase the likelihood that a stability failure would occur. Stability failures could pose a danger to construction personnel due to the sudden nature in which a stability failure would occur. Furthermore, stability failures of prestressed concrete girders during construction would cause a detrimental economic impact due to the costs associated with the failure of the girder, the ensuing construction delays, damage to construction equipment and potential closures to highways over which the bridge was being constructed.
Download or read book Prestress Losses in Pretensioned High strength Concrete Bridge Girders written by Maher K. Tadros and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2003 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The HCM includes three printed volumes (Volumes 1-3) that can be purchased from the Transportation Research Board in print and electronic formats. Volume 4 is a free online resource that supports the rest of the manual. It includes: Supplemental chapters 25-38, providing additional details of the methodologies described in the Volume 1-3 chapters, example problems, and other resources; A technical reference library providing access to a significant portion of the research supporting HCM methods; Two applications guides demonstrating how the HCM can be applied to planning-level analysis and a variety of traffic operations applications; Interpretations, updates, and errata for the HCM (as they are developed);A discussion forum allowing HCM users to ask questions and collaborate on HCM-related matters; and Notifications of chapter updates, active discussions, and more via an optional e-mail notification feature."--Publisher.
Download or read book Extending Span Ranges of Precast Prestressed Concrete Girders written by Reid Wilson Castrodale and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2004 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
Download or read book Structural Impact of Construction Loads written by Daniel McPheron and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous bridge construction accidents have occurred across the country because of construction loadings, which are an under-emphasized topic in many DOT specifications and design manuals. Bridge girders are least stable when they are subjected to construction loads, so it is important for design engineers and contractors to understand and design for these loads. The Indiana Department of Transportation's current Standard Specifications does not contain many construction load provisions, so this study was performed to identify and implement new requirements to proactively prevent accidents from occurring in Indiana. Various documents were examined in this study, including AASHTO and ASCE standards in addition to several other states DOT Standard Specifications and Design Manuals. Based on these documents, new falsework and formwork design loads, including horizontal loads, impact loads, and wind load, were developed and proposed to INDOT, which currently only specifys a dead load and live load. A set of drawings showing proposed minimum lateral bracing requirements was also developed to help ensure the stability of prestressed concrete and steel girders during construction.
Download or read book Annual Report written by University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stability of Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Considering Sweep and Thermal Effects written by Lawrence F. Kahn and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enhancement of Service Life of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Using FRP Composites written by Muhammad Shafqat Ali and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This research aims at enhancing the service life of the prestressed concrete bridge girders, using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite shell on the lower flange to impede the ingress of deleterious elements into the concrete. The FRP shell would help to retard the resulting deterioration reactions and achieve more durable bridges for a considerably increased service life. The behavior of prestressed concrete bridge girders with FRP shells on the tension flange was investigated experimentally.The flexural characteristics of FRP shell and concrete interface along with the effect of the steel reinforcement ratio were studied experimentally. This FRP shell was bonded around the lower part of the concrete beams, constructed with four different reinforcement ratios. The beam specimens with the FRP shell showed a significant enhancement in their strength, stiffness and energy absorption capacities, as compared with the associated control beams. The flexural behavior of cast-in-place prestressed concrete beams with FRP shell was studied to examine the contribution of the bonded FRP shell to the strength, stiffness, ductility and energy absorption capacity of prestressed concrete beam specimens, for five different levels of prestressing. The initial cracking, yield and ultimate strengths of the beam specimens with FRP shell were significantly higher than those of the associated control beam specimens. The FRP shell and the prestressing force enhanced the strength and stiffness of the beams. The long-term durability of the FRP shell to act as a barrier against ingress of aggressive elements, such as moisture and chlorides into the proposed FRP shell-concrete system, was examined experimentally in a preliminary manner. Detailed tests on concrete specimens reinforced externally with FRP shells subjected to accelerated moisture and salt solution at control temperatures were performed. In addition, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to determine the effects caused by aging, with time, temperature and chloride injection pressure. The FRP shell, acting as a barrier, showed a significant resistance against chloride ingress by significantly slowing down the chlorides ingress rate and the total amount of chlorides. For a prestressed concrete girder with an FRP shell, the accumulated time for chloride penetration and reaching the level of prestressing steel strands was predicted to be more than 135 years. These results suggest that the FRP shell is quite effective in improving the durability characteristics of prestressed concrete girders and can significantly extend their service life. " --
Download or read book USER Manual for Calculating the Lateral Stability of Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders written by Precast and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USER Manual for Calculating the Lateral Stability of Precast, Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders, CB-04-20, provides context and instructions for the use of the 2019 version of the Microsoft Excel workbook to analyze lateral stability of precast, prestressed concrete bridge products. The free distribution of this publication includes a simple method to record contact information for the persons who receive the workbook program so that they can be notified of updates or revisions when necessary. There is no cost for downloading the program. This product works directly with the PCI document entitled Recommended Practice for Lateral Stability of Precast, Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders, PCI publication CB-02-16, which is referenced in the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification. To promote broader use of the example template, PCI developed a concatenated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program where users may customize inputs for a specific component design according to regional girder products.
Download or read book Register of Research written by Great Britain. Department of the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LRFD Guide Specifications for the Design of Pedestrian Bridges written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design of Highway Bridges written by Richard M. Barker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up-to-date coverage of bridge design and analysis revised to reflect the fifth edition of the AASHTO LRFD specifications Design of Highway Bridges, Third Edition offers detailed coverage of engineering basics for the design of short- and medium-span bridges. Revised to conform with the latest fifth edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, it is an excellent engineering resource for both professionals and students. This updated edition has been reorganized throughout, spreading the material into twenty shorter, more focused chapters that make information even easier to find and navigate. It also features: Expanded coverage of computer modeling, calibration of service limit states, rigid method system analysis, and concrete shear Information on key bridge types, selection principles, and aesthetic issues Dozens of worked problems that allow techniques to be applied to real-world problems and design specifications A new color insert of bridge photographs, including examples of historical and aesthetic significance New coverage of the "green" aspects of recycled steel Selected references for further study From gaining a quick familiarity with the AASHTO LRFD specifications to seeking broader guidance on highway bridge design Design of Highway Bridges is the one-stop, ready reference that puts information at your fingertips, while also serving as an excellent study guide and reference for the U.S. Professional Engineering Examination.
Download or read book Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers written by American Society of Civil Engineers and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 29-30 contain papers of the International Engineering Congress, Chicago, 1893; v. 54, pts. A-F, papers of the International Engineering Congress, St. Louis, 1904.
Download or read book Prestressed Concrete Bridges written by Christian Menn and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written to make the material presented in my book, Stahlbetonbrucken, accessible to a larger number of engineers throughout the world. A work in English, the logical choice for this task, had been contemplated as Stahlbetonbrucken was still in its earliest stages of preparation. The early success of Stahlbetonbrucken provided significant impetus for the writing of Prestressed Concrete Bridges, which began soon after the publication of its predecessor. The present work is more than a mere translation of Stahlbetonbrucken. Errors in Stahlbetonbrucken that were detected after publication have been corrected. New material on the relation between cracking in concrete and corrosion of reinforce ment, prestressing with unbonded tendons, skew-girder bridges, and cable-stayed bridges has been added. Most importantly, however, the presentation of the material has been extensively reworked to improve clarity and consistency. Prestressed Concrete Bridges can thus be regarded as a thoroughly new and improved edition of its predecessor.
Download or read book The Manual for Bridge Evaluation written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
