Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges
In the Netherlands, the assessment of existing prestressed concrete slab-between-girder bridges has revealed that the thin, transversely prestressed slabs may be critical for static and fatigue punching when evaluated using the recently introduced Eurocodes. On the other hand, compressive membrane a...
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| author | Eva O.L. Lantsoght Rutger Koekkoek Cor van der Veen Henk Sliedrecht |
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| description | In the Netherlands, the assessment of existing prestressed concrete slab-between-girder bridges has revealed that the thin, transversely prestressed slabs may be critical for static and fatigue punching when evaluated using the recently introduced Eurocodes. On the other hand, compressive membrane action increases the capacity of these slabs, and it changes the failure mode from bending to punching shear. To improve the assessment of the existing prestressed slab-between-girder bridges in the Netherlands, two 1:2 scale models of an existing bridge, i.e., the Van Brienenoord Bridge, were built in the laboratory and tested monotonically, as well as under cycles of loading. The result of these experiments revealed: (1) the static strength of the decks, which showed that compressive membrane action significantly enhanced the punching capacity, and (2) the Wöhler curve of the decks, showed that the compressive membrane action remains under fatigue loading. The experimental results could then be used in the assessment of the most critical existing slab-between-girder bridges. The outcome was that the bridge had sufficient punching capacity for static and fatigue loads and, therefore, the existing slab-between-girder bridges in the Netherlands fulfilled the code requirements for static and fatigue punching. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f2065c99688453cb6db67cd729612a02022-12-21T23:59:22ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172019-06-01911231210.3390/app9112312app9112312Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder BridgesEva O.L. Lantsoght0Rutger Koekkoek1Cor van der Veen2Henk Sliedrecht3Politécnico, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 17015EC, EcuadorBAM Infraconsult, 2801 SC Gouda, The NetherlandsConcrete Structures, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN Delft, The NetherlandsRijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, 3526 LA Utrecht, The NetherlandsIn the Netherlands, the assessment of existing prestressed concrete slab-between-girder bridges has revealed that the thin, transversely prestressed slabs may be critical for static and fatigue punching when evaluated using the recently introduced Eurocodes. On the other hand, compressive membrane action increases the capacity of these slabs, and it changes the failure mode from bending to punching shear. To improve the assessment of the existing prestressed slab-between-girder bridges in the Netherlands, two 1:2 scale models of an existing bridge, i.e., the Van Brienenoord Bridge, were built in the laboratory and tested monotonically, as well as under cycles of loading. The result of these experiments revealed: (1) the static strength of the decks, which showed that compressive membrane action significantly enhanced the punching capacity, and (2) the Wöhler curve of the decks, showed that the compressive membrane action remains under fatigue loading. The experimental results could then be used in the assessment of the most critical existing slab-between-girder bridges. The outcome was that the bridge had sufficient punching capacity for static and fatigue loads and, therefore, the existing slab-between-girder bridges in the Netherlands fulfilled the code requirements for static and fatigue punching.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/11/2312assessmentbridge evaluationcompressive membrane actionconcrete bridgesfatiguefatigue assessmentlive loadsprestressed concretepunching shearscale model |
| spellingShingle | Eva O.L. Lantsoght Rutger Koekkoek Cor van der Veen Henk Sliedrecht Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges Applied Sciences assessment bridge evaluation compressive membrane action concrete bridges fatigue fatigue assessment live loads prestressed concrete punching shear scale model |
| title | Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges |
| title_full | Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges |
| title_fullStr | Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges |
| title_short | Fatigue Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Slab-Between-Girder Bridges |
| title_sort | fatigue assessment of prestressed concrete slab between girder bridges |
| topic | assessment bridge evaluation compressive membrane action concrete bridges fatigue fatigue assessment live loads prestressed concrete punching shear scale model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/11/2312 |
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