scholarly journals Effects of Adhesive Connection on Composite Action between FRP Bridge Deck and Steel Girder

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Xu Jiang ◽  
Chengwei Luo ◽  
Xuhong Qiang ◽  
Henk Kolstein ◽  
Frans Bijlaard
Keyword(s):  
Adhesive Layer ◽  
Shear Stiffness ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Steel Girders ◽  
Plane Shear ◽  
Steel Girder ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Frp Bridge Deck ◽  
Composite Bridge

The FRP-steel girder composite bridge system is increasingly used in new constructions of bridges as well as rehabilitation of old bridges. However, the understanding of composite action between FRP decks and steel girders is limited and needs to be systematically investigated. In this paper, depending on the experimental investigations of FRP to steel girder system, the Finite Element (FE) models on experiments were developed and analyzed. Comparison between experiments and FE results indicated that the FE models were much stiffer for in-plane shear stiffness of the FRP deck panel. To modify the FE models, rotational spring elements were added between webs and flanges of FRP decks, to simulate the semirigid connections. Numerical analyses were also conducted on four-point bending experiments of FRP-steel composite girders. Good agreement between experimental results and FE analysis was achieved by comparing the load-deflection curves at midspan and contribution of composite action from FRP decks. With the validated FE models, the parametric studies were conducted on adhesively bonded connection between FRP decks and steel girders, which indicated that the loading transfer capacity of adhesive connection was not simply dependent on the shear modulus or thickness of adhesive layer but dominated by the in-plane shear stiffness K.

Perforated FRP Shear Connector for the FRP-Concrete Composite Bridge Deck

2007 ◽  
Vol 334-335 ◽  
pp. 381-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Hun Nam ◽  
Soon Jong Yoon ◽  
Dong Min Ok ◽  
Sun Kyu Cho
Keyword(s):  
Bridge Deck ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Shear Connector ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Shear Connectors ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Composite Bridge ◽  
New Type ◽  
Composite Bridge Deck ◽  
Push Out

In recent years, the FRP-concrete composite bridge deck system has been introduced because of its light-weight and durability. The FRP-concrete composite bridge deck is composed of FRP module and concrete, and they are connected with shear connectors. In order to insure the composite action between FRP module and concrete, appropriate types of shear connector need to be installed. In this study, new type of FRP shear connector was suggested and the experimental investigations are conducted based on the studies of Perfobond. In the experimental study, the push-out test was conducted and the load carrying mechanism was analyzed including the friction effect of sand coating. Considering the load carrying mechanism of perforated shear connector under shear force, the empirical equation for the prediction of shear strength of perforated FRP shear connector was suggested.

Strengthening of steel girder bridges using coiled pins

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnús Arason ◽  
Guðmundur Ragnarsson ◽  
Peter Collin ◽  
Robert Hällmark
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Concrete Slab ◽  
Bottom Flange ◽  
Steel Girders ◽  
Steel Girder ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Shear Connection ◽  
Girder Bridges ◽  
Steel Girder Bridges ◽  
Composite Bridges

<p>A requirement for heavier vehicular transport on the Norwegian road network has resulted in a demand for increased bearing capacity for many of the older bridges in the country. Many of the bridges that have been found to have insufficient capacity against present-day demands are steel girder bridges with concrete slabs without a shear connection between steel and concrete. There is a large number of bridges of this type in Norway and the paper presents strengthening of two of those, in Aust-Agder county in the south of the country. These bridges are approximately 30 m long, single span. The bearing capacity has been upgraded by installing composite action between the steel girders and the concrete slab using coiled pins, in conjunction with thickening of the bottom flange of the steel girders. To obtain composite action, the pins are fitted to tightly drilled holes through the top flange of girders up into the concrete slab. Coiled pins have not been used much for bridge applications. In the work presented, the method has been found to have advantages in terms of cost and workability. Furthermore, the method has benefits when viewed from an environmental standpoint, since it allows strengthening of existing non-composite bridges using relatively little new material, and minimizes traffic disruptions.</p>

Parametric study on noncomposite slab-on-girder bridges with enforced frictional contact

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Jun Lin ◽  
Denis Beaulieu ◽  
Mario Fafard
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Parametric Study ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Steel Girders ◽  
Steel Girder ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Girder Bridges ◽  
Bridge Models ◽  
Element Method

Using post-tensioned steel rods for strengthening noncomposite slab-on-steel girder bridges has the beneficial effects of both stabilizing the steel girders laterally and developing partial composite action longitudinally. The stabilizing effect and development of partial composite action are achieved by taking advantage of friction developed at the steel–concrete interface. A bridge reinforced by this technique is expected to have a higher load-carrying capacity and better load distribution under heavy traffic loads. Prestressed rods have been successfully used to strengthen 1/3 scale noncomposite bridge models in laboratory.The concrete slab-on-steel girder bridge models reinforced by prestressed rods are analyzed numerically in this paper by the use of the finite element method. Corresponding noncomposite models are also simulated for comparison to investigate the efficiency of this strengthening technique. The effects of variables such as the number of rods, prestressing level, type of load, slab thickness, steel girder slenderness, girder spacing, and ratio of radii of gyration of steel girders on the strengthening efficiency are studied by the finite element method. A full-scale bridge is analyzed to demonstrate the effect of the proposed reinforcing technique. Key words: bridge, composite action, contact, finite element, friction, parametric study, strengthening.

scholarly journals Moulding hydrodynamic 2D-crystals upon parametric Faraday waves in shear-functionalized water surfaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikheil Kharbedia ◽  
Niccolò Caselli ◽  
Diego Herráez-Aguilar ◽  
Horacio López-Menéndez ◽  
Eduardo Enciso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Matter ◽  
Shear Stiffness ◽  
External Control ◽  
Faraday Waves ◽  
Plane Shear ◽  
Unit Cell Size ◽  
Ordering Transitions ◽  
Water Surfaces ◽  
Ordering Transition ◽  
Surface Rigidity

AbstractFaraday waves, or surface waves oscillating at half of the natural frequency when a liquid is vertically vibrated, are archetypes of ordering transitions on liquid surfaces. Although unbounded Faraday waves patterns sustained upon bulk frictional stresses have been reported in highly viscous fluids, the role of surface rigidity has not been investigated so far. Here, we demonstrate that dynamically frozen Faraday waves—that we call 2D-hydrodynamic crystals—do appear as ordered patterns of nonlinear gravity-capillary modes in water surfaces functionalized with soluble (bio)surfactants endowing in-plane shear stiffness. The phase coherence in conjunction with the increased surface rigidity bears the Faraday waves ordering transition, upon which the hydrodynamic crystals were reversibly molded under parametric control of their degree of order, unit cell size and symmetry. The hydrodynamic crystals here discovered could be exploited in touchless strategies of soft matter and biological scaffolding ameliorated under external control of Faraday waves coherence.

General Microhardness Indentation Theory for Multilayer Contacts

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Engel ◽  
Qian Yang
Keyword(s):  
Iterative Procedure ◽  
Microhardness Measurement ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Load Range ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Refined Method ◽  
General Rules ◽  
Microhardness Indentation ◽  
Multilayer Materials

A refined method for interpreting the Vickers composite microhardness measurement for multilayer materials having layers of arbitrary plating thickness is first presented. The position of an “effective substrate” is found using the concept of the “plastic boundary,” and the depth-wise deformation of each layer is considered in a double-iterative procedure which converges fast. This computational method is then extended from pyramidal indenters to conical and spherical indenters (e.g., Meyer’s). For its confirmation, experimental investigations are carried out for two configurations of Cu/Ni/Au sandwiches, using different diameter spherical indenters and spherical tipped cones, through and well above the microhardness load range. The general rules for composite action are established.

scholarly journals Optimizing the steel girders in a high strength steel composite bridge

2020 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 110981
Author(s):  
Oskar Skoglund ◽  
John Leander ◽  
Raid Karoumi
Keyword(s):  
High Strength Steel ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Steel Girders ◽  
Composite Bridge ◽  
Steel Composite

Steel Bridges with Double-Composite Action: Innovative Design

2000 ◽  
Vol 1696 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. Stroh ◽  
Rajan Sen
Keyword(s):  
Cost Savings ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Negative Moment ◽  
Composite Bridge

Bridge engineers are continually faced with the challenge of providing efficient and cost-effective structures. In particular, the Florida Department of Transportation has recognized the need to develop economical bridge configurations in the medium-span range of 200- to 400-ft (60.96-to 121.92-m) spans and authorized a research project at the University of South Florida to identify and develop innovative design concepts within this span range. The study identified the concept of a steel bridge with double-composite action as an innovative bridge concept with the potential for significant cost savings compared with conventional modes of construction. This bridge type has been used with good success in Europe, but to the authors’ knowledge it has not been used in the United States. In addition to a composite concrete top slab, the double-composite bridge concept utilizes a composite concrete bottom slab in the negative moment regions. The result is provision of a design meeting compact requirements throughout, increased stiffness with corresponding decrease in fatigue stress range and deflections, savings in cross frames, and savings in flange material. The design implications of this system are examined, including redistribution effects due to creep and shrinkage, implications of different construction sequences, and strength and serviceability issues. Trial designs are presented, including both plate and box girder type structures, and design considerations are discussed. A prototype structure is identified for further development of the double-composite concept.

scholarly journals Influence of laminate direction and glue area on in-plane shear modulus of cross-laminated timber

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Turesson ◽  
Zahra Sharifi ◽  
Sven Berg ◽  
Mats Ekevad
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Shear Modulus ◽  
Compression Test ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Shear Stiffness ◽  
Finite Element Simulations ◽  
Plane Shear ◽  
Cross Laminated Timber ◽  
Diagonal Compression

AbstractThe use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in constructing tall buildings has increased. So, it has become crucial to get a higher in-plane stiffness in CLT panels. One way of increasing the shear modulus, G, for CLT panels can be by alternating the layers to other angles than the traditional 0° and 90°. The diagonal compression test can be used to measure the shear stiffness from which G is calculated. A general equation for calculating the G value for the CLT panels tested in the diagonal compression test was established and verified by tests, finite element simulations and external data. The equation was created from finite element simulations of full-scale CLT walls. By this equation, the influence on the G value was a factor of 2.8 and 2.0 by alternating the main laminate direction of the mid layer from the traditional 90° to 45° and 30°, respectively. From practical tests, these increases were measured to 2.9 and 1.8, respectively. Another influence on the G value was studied by the reduction of the glue area between the layers. It was shown that the pattern of the contact area was more important than the size of the contact area.

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