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Field Testing of Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges
Experimentally determined response of a symmetrical two-span continuous horizontally curved steel girder bridge under dead and static live load conditions is compared with a theoretical analysis representing the structure as a planar grid. The structure evaluated is a five-girder bridge with a centerline length and radius of 200.25 and 265.5 ft, respectively. Field measurements consisted of strains, deflections, and rotations in one span of the structure. Test results show how the planar grid analysis method, with properly specified member properties, is a reliable analytical tool for predicting deflections and in-plane bending moments. (Author)
Field Testing of Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges
Experimentally determined response of a symmetrical two-span continuous horizontally curved steel girder bridge under dead and static live load conditions is compared with a theoretical analysis representing the structure as a planar grid. The structure evaluated is a five-girder bridge with a centerline length and radius of 200.25 and 265.5 ft, respectively. Field measurements consisted of strains, deflections, and rotations in one span of the structure. Test results show how the planar grid analysis method, with properly specified member properties, is a reliable analytical tool for predicting deflections and in-plane bending moments. (Author)
Field Testing of Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges
R. J. Kissane (author) / D. B. Beal (author)
1972
78 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Structural Mechanics , Girder bridges , Highway bridges , Curved beams , Field tests , Static loads , Steel structures , Dynamic structural analysis , Structural design , Bending stress , Dynamic loads , Mathematical models , Experimental data , Deflection , Strain measurement , Rotation , Planar grid analysis