Investigating Concrete Deck Cracking in Continuous Steel Bridges

Details

• Creators:
  Heymsfield, Ernie. ; Murray, Cameron D. ; Salah, Abdul Aziz ; Ortiz, Fernando Benitez ; Ouoba, Shuyah
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Arkansas. Department of Transportation. Transportation Research Committee ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge construction
  • Bridge decks
  • Cracking
  • Steel bridges
  • Strain gages
  • Bridge engineering
  • Composite structures
  • Concrete
  • Shrinkage
  • Mechanical properties by mathematical limits or values
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report (07/18-06/22)
• Corporate Publisher:
  Arkansas. Department of Transportation. Transportation Research Committee
• Abstract:
  Bridge deck cracking reduces serviceability and lifespan of bridges. Early age cracking can typically be attributed to either of two factors: 1) construction practices and 2) concrete shrinkage. The Arkansas Department of Transportation ARDOT has identified a disproportionate number of continuous steel girder bridges experiencing early age bridge deck cracking that were constructed using a continuous deck pour.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  TRC1903
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75147/dot_75147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 18.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e544e1b0aba2f9060679dd373299365ac4138ee59b37973b1deafb11b00429c8d0445381bfaac07acdad5d0291e53817e6673e7648f5d101465c2ee77236dff5