Bridges, especially highway bridges, are a key factor in nations’ development and flourish. Thus, great care should be taken to maintain and inspect their safety and serviceability. An immediate repair will prevent t...Bridges, especially highway bridges, are a key factor in nations’ development and flourish. Thus, great care should be taken to maintain and inspect their safety and serviceability. An immediate repair will prevent the loss of life and vehicles damage while crossing underpass and overpassing the heavy deteriorated bridges. Reinforced or pre-stressed concrete bridge girders become structurally deficient because of severed reasons including, increasing in the load requirements, corrosion of pre-stressing strands or reinforcement bars and collision of over-height trucks with the bulb of the concrete girders. The purpose of this case study is to evaluate and assess the damages of the highway bridges in Jordan. Since there is no mandatory program in Jordan for inspection of bridges and evaluating their conditions, this paper presents an inspection and assessment of two highway bridges along the desert highway which is the essential nerve connecting Jordan cities, and it also serves as an international road between many middle east countries. These two Bridges have never been investigated or checked since their construction in the late 1980s. The study results showed that the main factor causing the deterioration of these bridges is the collision of the over-height trucks with their elements. Relying on the collected data, solutions and repair methods were introduced to rehabilitate these bridges and assure their structural safety.展开更多
为了研究近场爆炸作用下单箱三室混凝土箱梁的动力响应和破坏特征,开展了缩比试件爆炸试验和数值模拟。以原型桥梁主梁截面按1∶3缩比设计和制作了箱梁试件,测量了3 kg TNT药柱爆炸作用下试件的反射超压、钢筋应变、竖向位移及破洞形态...为了研究近场爆炸作用下单箱三室混凝土箱梁的动力响应和破坏特征,开展了缩比试件爆炸试验和数值模拟。以原型桥梁主梁截面按1∶3缩比设计和制作了箱梁试件,测量了3 kg TNT药柱爆炸作用下试件的反射超压、钢筋应变、竖向位移及破洞形态;采用LS-DYNA软件进行了箱梁爆炸响应模拟,结合试验数据验证了数值模拟方法的可靠性;分析了TNT当量、起爆位置、混凝土强度、配筋率对箱梁抗爆性能的影响。结果表明:3 kg TNT药柱于箱梁中间箱室中心正上方0.4 m处起爆时,在中间箱室顶板中心形成一个椭圆形的贯穿破口,破口沿横、纵桥向长度分别为41.50、45.50 cm;中间箱室顶板底面的混凝土发生大面积剥落,呈现喇叭状冲切破坏特征;多室箱梁的超宽截面形式使得其爆炸响应沿横桥向分布不均匀;箱梁底板竖向位移峰值和钢筋应变峰值随药量的增大而增大,采用最小二乘法得到了对应的拟合曲线表达式;不同起爆位置下,中间箱室底板中心的竖向位移均大于两侧箱室中心的。展开更多
文摘Bridges, especially highway bridges, are a key factor in nations’ development and flourish. Thus, great care should be taken to maintain and inspect their safety and serviceability. An immediate repair will prevent the loss of life and vehicles damage while crossing underpass and overpassing the heavy deteriorated bridges. Reinforced or pre-stressed concrete bridge girders become structurally deficient because of severed reasons including, increasing in the load requirements, corrosion of pre-stressing strands or reinforcement bars and collision of over-height trucks with the bulb of the concrete girders. The purpose of this case study is to evaluate and assess the damages of the highway bridges in Jordan. Since there is no mandatory program in Jordan for inspection of bridges and evaluating their conditions, this paper presents an inspection and assessment of two highway bridges along the desert highway which is the essential nerve connecting Jordan cities, and it also serves as an international road between many middle east countries. These two Bridges have never been investigated or checked since their construction in the late 1980s. The study results showed that the main factor causing the deterioration of these bridges is the collision of the over-height trucks with their elements. Relying on the collected data, solutions and repair methods were introduced to rehabilitate these bridges and assure their structural safety.
文摘为了研究近场爆炸作用下单箱三室混凝土箱梁的动力响应和破坏特征,开展了缩比试件爆炸试验和数值模拟。以原型桥梁主梁截面按1∶3缩比设计和制作了箱梁试件,测量了3 kg TNT药柱爆炸作用下试件的反射超压、钢筋应变、竖向位移及破洞形态;采用LS-DYNA软件进行了箱梁爆炸响应模拟,结合试验数据验证了数值模拟方法的可靠性;分析了TNT当量、起爆位置、混凝土强度、配筋率对箱梁抗爆性能的影响。结果表明:3 kg TNT药柱于箱梁中间箱室中心正上方0.4 m处起爆时,在中间箱室顶板中心形成一个椭圆形的贯穿破口,破口沿横、纵桥向长度分别为41.50、45.50 cm;中间箱室顶板底面的混凝土发生大面积剥落,呈现喇叭状冲切破坏特征;多室箱梁的超宽截面形式使得其爆炸响应沿横桥向分布不均匀;箱梁底板竖向位移峰值和钢筋应变峰值随药量的增大而增大,采用最小二乘法得到了对应的拟合曲线表达式;不同起爆位置下,中间箱室底板中心的竖向位移均大于两侧箱室中心的。
