Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girder

A jointless bridge could fundamentally eliminate vulnerable deck joints, thereby meeting the need for sustainable development of bridges, especially for an expressway with high-speed traffic. In this paper, one jointless bridge (deck-extension bridge) with a small box girder in an expressway was cho...

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Main Authors: Junqing Xue, Bruno Briseghella, Jianhui Lin, Fuyun Huang, Baochun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095756418304690
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author Junqing Xue
Bruno Briseghella
Jianhui Lin
Fuyun Huang
Baochun Chen
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Bruno Briseghella
Jianhui Lin
Fuyun Huang
Baochun Chen
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description A jointless bridge could fundamentally eliminate vulnerable deck joints, thereby meeting the need for sustainable development of bridges, especially for an expressway with high-speed traffic. In this paper, one jointless bridge (deck-extension bridge) with a small box girder in an expressway was chosen as a case study to examine the structural design, construction and field test. The field tests of the bridge indicated that the designed and constructed structures can satisfy the requirement for service performance of the deck-extension bridge. Some key technologies, such as the position of longitudinal reinforcements in the superstructure-approach slab connections and the arrangement of the sliding material layers, were introduced. The longitudinal thermal movement of the superstructure in the deck-extension bridge with a small box girder could be predicted accurately by using the average temperature of the cross section of a small box girder. The finite element model, built by using the MIDAS program, was used to analyze the temperature distribution on the cross section of a small box girder, the accuracy of which could be verified by comparing with the measured values. The maximum longitudinal thermal movement of the superstructure in deck-extension bridges with a small box girder under historically extreme temperature conditions was predicted. Keywords: Jointless bridge, Deck-extension bridge, Small box girder, Longitudinal thermal movement, Temperature distribution, Average temperature
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spelling doaj.art-fff8218b09ff4a6b8edcd13ba95bcdb72022-12-21T23:25:39ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online)2095-75642018-12-0156467479Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girderJunqing Xue0Bruno Briseghella1Jianhui Lin2Fuyun Huang3Baochun Chen4Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 13850152456; fax: +86 591 22865378.; College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaA jointless bridge could fundamentally eliminate vulnerable deck joints, thereby meeting the need for sustainable development of bridges, especially for an expressway with high-speed traffic. In this paper, one jointless bridge (deck-extension bridge) with a small box girder in an expressway was chosen as a case study to examine the structural design, construction and field test. The field tests of the bridge indicated that the designed and constructed structures can satisfy the requirement for service performance of the deck-extension bridge. Some key technologies, such as the position of longitudinal reinforcements in the superstructure-approach slab connections and the arrangement of the sliding material layers, were introduced. The longitudinal thermal movement of the superstructure in the deck-extension bridge with a small box girder could be predicted accurately by using the average temperature of the cross section of a small box girder. The finite element model, built by using the MIDAS program, was used to analyze the temperature distribution on the cross section of a small box girder, the accuracy of which could be verified by comparing with the measured values. The maximum longitudinal thermal movement of the superstructure in deck-extension bridges with a small box girder under historically extreme temperature conditions was predicted. Keywords: Jointless bridge, Deck-extension bridge, Small box girder, Longitudinal thermal movement, Temperature distribution, Average temperaturehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095756418304690
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Fuyun Huang
Baochun Chen
Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girder
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online)
title Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girder
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title_fullStr Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girder
title_full_unstemmed Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girder
title_short Design and field tests of a deck-extension bridge with small box girder
title_sort design and field tests of a deck extension bridge with small box girder
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