Steel plate girder diaphragm and cross-bracing loads : [summary].

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• Creators:
  Azizinamini, Atorod
• Corporate Creators:
  Florida International University
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Steel bridges
  • Bridge design
  • Braces
  • Stiffness
  • Diaphragms (Engineering)
  • Structural connection
  • Traffic loads
  • Finite element method
• Publication/ Report Number:
  BDK80-977-20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Steel bridge designs are integrated so that every ; component contributes to structural integrity, ; including the concrete bridge deck, which ; connects to the girders and makes the structure ; rigid. Until the deck is completed and the ; concrete is hardened, the structure is vulnerable ; to collapse and must be stabilized with cross-frames or diaphragms. Many methods are available ; for designing cross-frames; however, their ; prediction of cross-frame forces may not agree, ; leading to different designs. ; In this project, Florida International University ; researchers developed procedures, instructions, ; and recommendations intended to lead to more ; uniform design of cross-frames. To facilitate ; using these methods, the researchers limited ; their efforts to two-dimensional methods of ; analysis. They considered I-girder bridges of three ; types: straight; straight with skew supports; and ; horizontally curved.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27739/dot_27739_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 841.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d7a64141f94b13b7c28d08a26c60f808474c6fa6b3cad06b78c29e42d834ac24