Effects of Traffic and Wind Loads on a Tied-Arch Bridge

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• Creators:
  Sarkar, Partha P. ; Vann, W. Pennington ; Nash, Phillip T. ; Mehta, Kishor C. ; Oler, J. Walt ; Wang, Wendong ; Gupta, Himanshu ; Yin, Jianmin
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Tech University. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Loads
  • Tunnels by use
  • Dynamics
  • Analysis
  • Vortex shedding
  • Flutter
  • Highway bridges
  • Wind tunnels
  • Testing
  • Arches
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  7-1982-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Interim: February 1994 - December 1994
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Tech University. Department of Engineering Technology, and Civil Engineering
• Description:
  The purpose of this study is to assess the sensitivity of four highway bridges to wind and live loadings. The bridges are planned for construction on U.S. 59 in Houston, Texas. Each bridge will be of the tied-arch type and will be constructed on-grade over cut areas with clear spans in excess of 61 meters (200 feet). To expedite construction, unique procedures are planned which use existing bridges as platforms for final fabrication of the tied arches. This procedure requires consideration of wind loading on the arches during construction.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  7-1982-2
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86160/dot_86160_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.94 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6764538fd81baa6abdd332a7f66dc1292c968dff645910062da62576ecf4c7a24a29e41e6b78528f176410a8b335d2d6de1a9bb6869daf4e8eb516dcd8e20c0a