浅析公路桥涵养护措施

近年来随着我国公路建设及交通运输事业的蓬勃发展,道路交通量亦日益增长,桥梁和涵洞作为公路的关键组成部分在公路中承担的作用非常重要,公路养护部门管养的桥涵由于大部分修建年限早、承载能力低,随着大型及超重车辆的急剧增多;桥涵结构由于长期、反复在超重作用下工作,以及原材料及施工质量等原因,在公路养护过程中各种病害及老化问题也不断出现,为有效提高现有桥涵的承载能力及延长使用寿命,确保管养的公路桥涵安全畅通,公路养护部门要高度重视公路桥涵养护管理工作,切实承担起对公路桥涵的日常养护和病害修复工作,坚持对桥涵病害治早、治小、治轻的原则,加强桥涵病害检测并积极开展预防性养护及维修加固工作,及时处治桥涵病害以消除安全隐患。

Dynamic Characteristics of Long -Span Steel -Concrete CompositeBeam Bridge Based on Vehicle -Bridge Coupling Effect

In order to investigate the effect of vehicle-bridge coupling on the dynamic characteristics of the bridge,a steel-concrete composite beam suspension bridge is taken as the research object,and a three-dimensional spatial model of the bridge and a biaxial vehicle model of the vehicle are established,and then a vehicle-bridge coupling vibration system is constructed on the basis of the Nemak-βmethod,and the impact coefficients of each part of the bridge are obtained under different bridge deck unevenness and vehicle speed.The simulation results show that the bridge deck unevenness has the greatest influence on the vibration response of the bridge,and the bridge impact coefficient increases along with the increase in the level of bridge deck unevenness,and the impact coefficient of the main longitudinal girder and the secondary longitudinal girder achieves the maximum value when the level 4 unevenness is 0.328 and 0.314,respectively;when the vehicle speed is increased,the vibration response of the bridge increases and then decreases,and the impact coefficient of the bridge in the middle of the bridge at a speed of 60 km/h achieves the maximum value of 0.192.

Fatigue behaviour of welded joints assembled by longitudinal corrugated plates

Fatigue is usually the cause for the cracks identified at bridge elements in service. With an increase in the introduction of corrugated steel web girders in recent highway bridge construction, the understanding of the fatigue behaviour of welded details in such structures becomes an important issue for the design. The typical welded details were represented as welded joints assembled by longitudinal corrugated plates. All the experiments were performed under fatigue loading using a servo-control testing machine. The test results from the failure mode observation with the aid of infrared thermo-graph technology show that the failure manner of these welded joints is comparable to that of the corrugated steel web beams reported previously. It is indicated from the stiffness degradation analysis that the welded joints with larger corrugation angle have higher stiffness and greater stiffness degradation in the notable stiffness degradation range. It is shown from the test S-N relations based on the free regression and forced regression analyses that there is a good linear dependence between lg(N) and lg(ΔS). It is also demonstrated that the proposed fracture mechanics analytical model is able to give a prediction slightly lower but on the safe side for the mean stresses at 2 million cycles of the test welded joints.

Prediction of Skewed Bridge Behaviors with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions—— Theoretical Approach and Its Design Application

In this paper, we report on an analytical solution for beam-type skewed highway bridges subjected to truck loading. To confirm the analysis derivation and the solution obtained, the moment and shear responses to the design truck load are acquired using the analytical method for a number of typical US highway bridges and compared with those from numerical finite element method （FEM） analysis. In addition, the lateral distribution factors for moment and shear used in routine design are investigated based on comparison of the analytical approach and FEM. The analytical solution is shown in good agreement with the FEM result. Furthermore, the relevant provisions in the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials＇ （AASHTO＇s） LRFD Bridge Design Specifications are also discussed here for comparison, particularly with respect to design application. It is observed that the design code specified load distribution factor may not predict well, especially for shear and/or severe skew.

Concrete Placement for Bridge Decks on an Expressway Extension Project

The paper presents examples of technological designs for concrete placement in road bridges constructed during the S5/S 10 expressway extension in Poland. The project included eight concrete or composite bridge structures with different numbers of decks. The concrete placement technology is presented for the following bridge decks： slabs cast-in-situ, composite with precast or VFT （prefabricated composite beam） beams and mixed with cast in situ slabs and VFT-WIB （filler beam） beams. Continuous concrete placement was adopted for almost all the bridge superstructures except the mixed-type decks where construction joints were necessary. To control shrinkage, formwork deformations and existing restraints, the concrete was poured in layers and in stages. The design pace of concrete placement was moderate to be regulated at site without compromising safety and quality. The placement methods enabled both efficient and safe concrete pours.

Properties of Fresh and Hardened Self-compacting Concrete Produced by Using Locally Available Materials

Self-compacting concrete （SCC） is defined so that no vibration is necessary for the compaction. The main criteria of producing SCC have to satisfy the following characteristics [1, 2, 3]： （1） Ability to flow into and completely fill complex forms under its own weight; （2） Ability to pass through and bond to congested reinforcements; （3） High resistance to aggregate segregation. Self-compacting concrete presents a significant sign in improving the product quality and efficiency of the building industry. It also enhances the working conditions and the quality and appearance of concrete. Japan has been used self-compacting concrete in bridge, building and tunnel construction since the early 1990s. In the last decade, SCC has been produced a high potential for greater acceptance and wider applications in highway bridge construction in the Europe and U.S.. However, till now, there is no application of SCC in the construction industry in Egypt. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to produce SCC by using the locally available materials in our region such as basalt, gravel, sand, limestone powder and silica fume. Experimental programme was designed to characterize the properties of fresh and hardened SCC. It comprises different concrete mixes thbricated with different types and percentages of constituent materials. Three full-scale reinforced concrete beams were fabricated from the SCC mixes and tested under flexure. For the purpose of comparison, an extra RC beam was made of conventional normal concrete to serve as a reference beam. This study, in general, demonstrated that the applications of SCC in construction industry oiler products with enhanced characteristics as well as could be economical.

Numerical Approach for the Live Load Distribution in Road Bridges

The numerical method for computing the live load distribution coefficients in bridge decks is presented. The grillage analogy for representation of bridge decks is adopted in determining the general behavior under traffic loads. The principles of Maxwell＇s reciprocal theorem are developed in computing live load distribution coefficients and their influence lines. The presented method uses the approach developed in traditional methods of transversal live load distribution but bridge decks are modeled more realistic with the help of well-established grillage analogy. Simple numerical programs for grillage analysis can be used and no special software is needed. While computing the distribution coefficients for a bridge deck the rest of the analysis can be performed with habitual procedures of structural mechanics.

Design of steel box girder for Taizhou Yangtze River Highway Bridge

Taizhou Yangtze River Highway Bridge is the first three-pylon two-span suspension bridge in China. The main girder adopts flat steamline steel closed box girder which has well wind-resistant capability and is technically mature besides beautiful appearance. Straight web plates of the steel box girder in longitudinal direction are proposed in order to ensure the integrity of the steel box girder, and to keep the stress of the steel box girder continuous in the middle pylon, as well as to reduce the gradient of the middle pylon columns. The cross section of the box girder has one box with three cells. Solid-web diaphragm plate with good integrity and high torsional stiffness is adopted. The lifting lugs are utilized in the anchors of suspender cable. In this paper, selection of the cross section of the steel box girder, the general structure design, local structure design and main structure calculation results of Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge are introduced emphatically.

An analysis of the structural design of highway bridges in Mountainous Areas

Considering the characteristics of highway bridges in Mountainous Areas, The design principles of bridge structure design, such as structure form, superstructure, span and substructure, are described, the optimal design scheme of bridge structure is discussed from the aspects of safety, economy and so on in this paper.

Study in the design and manufacture process of the elastic cable anchor box in steel box girder of Taizhou Bridge

Taizhou Yangtze River Highway Bridge is a large span suspension bridge with three pylons. The elastic cables are installed to connect the steel tower and the steel box girder. The constraints can increase the safety coefficient of the middle saddle, and improve the stress conditions of the middle pylon and decrease the deflection in the middle of the main girder, as well as the longitudinal displacement of the main girder caused by live loads. The anchorage boxes of the elastic cable are installed in the wind fairing outside the vertical web plate of the box girder. Two anchor boxes form a pair and are arranged parallelly. Eight anchor boxes are installed in the bridge. In this paper, the design scheme and the technical difficulties in manufacturing are briefly discussed with the precision control techniques.

The Application of High Performance Concrete in Highway Bridge in Cold and Arid Regions

High performance concrete originated in the generation of high strength concrete, and it is a new high technology of concrete, is in common with high quality and in concrete. High durability on the perspective of improvement and become, use a lot of high quality raw materials and modern technology, is the main development direction of concrete. Because its comprehensive performance by the superiority of the focus of the society, the strict construction technology in the extensive application in the highway bridge, high performance can the use of concrete can improve the efficiency of its safety and avoid unnecessary accidents

Retro-Analysis of Rehabilitation of Existing Bridge over the River Cubiculo on Federal Highway BR-101, Brazil

This work describes the retro-analysis of design of rehabilitation of existing bridge over the river Cubiculo on BR-101 in Santa Catarina, Brazil, aiming to evaluate the intervention processes. In this way, it was verified that the project adopted for strengthening of the structure was not adequate to support the evolution of the maximum load over time and the overload due to widening, and it was also verified that the changes in the load factor do not comply with the update of the Brazilian Technical Standards ABNT： NBR-7188 [1]. The retro-analysis of the bridge rehabilitation project has demonstrated fundamental importance to avoid possible design failings, accidents, and reworks. Affirming that it is essential to comply with Standards and Technical Manuals on the elaboration of the rehabilitation project of structures and in choosing the type of intervention to the existing structure.

Design of an Enhanced Sensitivity FBG Strain Sensor and Application in Highway Bridge Engineering

The theoretical design method of enhanced sensitivity fiber grating （FBG） strain sensors was given, and moreover high qualified strain sensors were developed and fabricated, whose sensing properties were good for practical applications. The strain sensor with cylindrical shell encapsulation contained three tubular structures, due to the uneven surface structure, in the area of the strain concentration, improving the sensitivity. It could achieve the embedment strain measurement and surface measurement and had the advantages of the easy installation. The good agreement was obtained between the measurements and theoretical simulation results. After each calibration test, twenty-four FBG strain sensors and six FBG temperature compensation sensors have been installed on the undersurface of the box girder of Diaoshuiyan bridge in Yongtaiwen highway. Finally, we built up a long-term structure health system for the highway bridge.