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Title:

EFFECT OF ALTERNATIVE TRUCK CONFIGURATIONS AND WEIGHTS ON THE FATIGUE LIFE OF BRIDGES

Accession Number:

00637829

Record Type:

Component

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309054664

Abstract:

The life of a bridge is principally influenced by repetitive loading resulting from vehicular traffic. The service data on the fatigue life of concrete, reinforcing bars, and prestressing steel show considerable scatter in their service life. This is due to both the stochastic nature of the imposed loading and the variability in their strengths as determined by the quality control in their manufacture. The fatigue life of partially prestressed concrete girder bridges, subjected to a spectrum of traffic imposed by the Poisson arrival of various categories is investigated. Each category examined has a different expected frequency of arrivals per unit time and a different distribution of gross weight. The allocation of the live load to the girders in skew and normal bridges is determined using the finite element method. The girders of the bridge are each assumed to be part of a series system consisting of four components: prestressing strands, reinforcing bars, cast-in-place concrete slab, and precast girder. The nine-axle B-train double trucks were found to be most damaging, whereas two-axle single trucks were least damaging. The incremental damage caused by each truck depends on the truck configuration, gross weight, axle-load distribution, and lateral load distribution. The median life of ordinary reinforcing bars is the lowest among the girder components.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1393, Structures. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Title:

Structures

Monograph Accession #:

01403235

Language:

English

Authors:

Khaleel, Mohammad A
Itani, Rafik Y

Pagination:

p. 112-118

Publication Date:

1993

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1393
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309054664

Features:

Figures (7) ; References (9) ; Tables (4)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Oct 15 1993 12:00AM

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