Deck Panels and Girders for Bridge Applications

Author(s):  
Lijuan Cheng ◽  
Lei Zhao
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PCI Journal ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen A. lssa ◽  
Ahmad-Talalldriss ◽  
lraj I. Kaspar ◽  
Salah Y. Khayyat

PCI Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
James W. Carter ◽  
Tom Pilgrim ◽  
Finn K. Hubbard ◽  
Tim Poehnelt ◽  
Michael Oliva

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongsung Sim ◽  
Hongseob Oh ◽  
Christian Meyer

Author(s):  
Wouter De Corte ◽  
Jordi Uyttersprot ◽  
Wim Van Paepegem

<p>This paper focuses on the structural behavior of tiled laminate composites. Such laminates, in which the plies are not parallel to the outer surfaces are found in GFRP bridge deck panels. The technology is developed for the construction of robust GFRP panels useful in highly loaded structures such as bridges or lock gates. In civil structures, the drawback in traditional FRP sandwich structures has always been debonding of skin and core. Such a debonding problem may occur after unintentional impact, followed by fatigue loading. Through the concept of using overlapping Z-shaped and two-flanged web laminates, alternating with polyurethane foam cores, debonding is no longer possible in vacuum infused GFRP bridge deck panels. In such panels, the fibers in the upper and lower skins as well as in the vertical webs run in all directions, rendering a resin-dominated crack propagation impossible. As a result of the integration of core and skin reinforcement, a skin material is created in which the reinforcement is not parallel to the outer surfaces, but tiled. Based on experimental results and numerical simulations the relevance of tiled laminates for civil applications is demonstrated.</p>


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubo Cai ◽  
Osama Abudayyeh ◽  
Ikhlas Abdel-Qader ◽  
Upul Attanayake ◽  
Joseph Barbera ◽  
...  

Bridges are under various loads and environmental impacts that cause them to lose their structural integrity. A significant number of bridges in US are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, requiring immediate attention. Nondestructive load testing is an effective approach to measure the structural response of a bridge under various loading conditions and to determine its structural integrity. This paper presents a load-test study that evaluated the response of a prefabricated bridge with full-depth precast deck panels in Michigan. This load-test program integrates optical surveying systems, a sensor network embedded in bridge decks, and surface deflection analysis. Its major contribution lies in the exploration of an embedded sensor network that was installed initially for long-term bridge monitoring in bridge load testing. Among a number of lessons learned, it is concluded that embedded sensor network has a great potential of providing an efficient and accurate approach for obtaining real-time equivalent static stresses under varying loading scenarios.


2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 367-371
Author(s):  
Ray W. Witmer ◽  
Harvey B. Manbeck ◽  
John J. Janowiak ◽  
Perry Schram

2016 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 134-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heba Wael Leheta ◽  
Ahmed Shawki Elhanafi ◽  
Sherif Farouk Badran

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