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Field Testing of Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges
Horizontally curved girder bridges represent an aesthetic and economic solution to the design problem of elevated structures on curved alignments. Because of the complexity of these structures and resulting design uncertainties, a field testing program was initiated in 1967 to evaluate several bridges and to suggest refinements to the design procedrue. This report describes the results of tests on the second of three structures. The bridge evaluated is a 4-girder, single-span structure with centerline span length and radius of curvature of 95 and 162 ft., respectively (central angle: 33 degrees 36 feet). Dead load and static live load measurements of stress, deflection, rotation, and shear are presented and compared with values from a planar grid analysis. Measurements of end movement due to temperature effects were also obtained. (Author)
Field Testing of Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges
Horizontally curved girder bridges represent an aesthetic and economic solution to the design problem of elevated structures on curved alignments. Because of the complexity of these structures and resulting design uncertainties, a field testing program was initiated in 1967 to evaluate several bridges and to suggest refinements to the design procedrue. This report describes the results of tests on the second of three structures. The bridge evaluated is a 4-girder, single-span structure with centerline span length and radius of curvature of 95 and 162 ft., respectively (central angle: 33 degrees 36 feet). Dead load and static live load measurements of stress, deflection, rotation, and shear are presented and compared with values from a planar grid analysis. Measurements of end movement due to temperature effects were also obtained. (Author)
Field Testing of Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges
D. B. Beal (author) / R. J. Kissane (author)
1971
62 pages
Report
No indication
English