Prestress Losses and Development of Short-term Data Acquisition System for Bridge Monitoring

Details

• Creators:
  Pace, Justin M ; Barr, Paul J. ; Powelson, Phillip
• Corporate Creators:
  Mountain Plains Consortium
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; University of Utah. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge design
  • Data collection
  • Girders
  • Load and resistance factor design
  • Prestressing
  • Strain (Mechanics)
  • Structural health monitoring
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC-19-387
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mountain Plains Consortium
• Abstract:
  When a vehicle drives over a bridge, each bridge girder carries a portion of the vehicle's weight. This load causes strain in the bottom of the bridge girders. However, depending on where the vehicle is located on the bridge, some bridge girders carry a higher percentage of the vehicle's load. This study investigated the amount of strain typical vehicles caused in the bottom of each girder as they travel across the bridge. This research also examined the maximum strains in the bridge girders due to vehicle loads, which is of interest in girder design. In order to resist these vehicle loads, the effective prestress must be accurately determined. This project also quantified the effective prestress in an exterior and interior girder. These measured prestress forces are compared with predicted values in accordance to AASHTO LRFD specifications.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  MPC-512
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48894/dot_48894_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.05 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:28c79d491046d186c2a677a5ae1c3c6f9275315609a37edc7eb2bf923b327e44