Computations of the Load Carrying Capacity of a Deficient Bridge Structure

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Makhoul
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Bridge Structure ◽  
Load Carrying

scholarly journals Influence of executive imperfections of railway steel bridges construction on operational capacity and fatigue capacity

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 071-078
Author(s):  
Adam Wysokowski
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Steel Structures ◽  
Steel Bridges ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Bridge Structure ◽  
Geometric Imperfections ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Operational Capacity

In recent years, in our country are modernized and rebuilt several sections of railway lines, mainly main lines. The greater part is adapted to increased speeds. However, such an adaptation involve the reconstruction or construction of new bridges including steel ones. The paper concerns the executive imperfections of constructions of steel bridges which in recent years have been built in the modernized main railway lines. These imperfections consist of, among others, the geometric imperfections from the assumed construction project. This also applies to defects in welds of various types that occur in critical elements of bridge structure. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the influence of imperfections on the load carrying capacity and fatigue of these structures. Author showed that the observed imperfections have a significant impact on the fatigue life - especially for weld defects, in the case of load carrying capacity their importance is much smaller. These analyses are performed by using the theoretical methods developed in previous reports. In the analysis new standards for the design of steel structures from Eurocodes group were used.

Safety Assessment of Bridge Structures Using Ambient Vibration

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
Chin Hyung Lee ◽  
Young Jun You ◽  
Ki Tae Park ◽  
Bong Chul Joo ◽  
Bo Mi Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Bridge Structure ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Bridge Structures ◽  
Estimation System

In this study, relative load-carrying capacity (RLC) evaluation system in which the change of load-carrying capacity of a bridge structure can be estimated through the variation of the dynamic property, which is induced by the stiffness change due to the deterioration of the bridge, by using ambient traffic-induced vibration was proposed. The system uses the natural excitation technique in conjunction with the eigensystem realization algorithm for identification of modal parameters. Indoor test using a truss-typed model bridge and field measurement were performed to verify the suggested system and it was shown that the RLC estimation system is suitable for the safety assessment of bridge structures in a simple and efficient manner.

Influence of Yield Strength Variability over Cross-Section to Steel Beam Load-Carrying Capacity

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kala ◽  
Z. Kala
Keyword(s):  
Yield Strength ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Strength Variability ◽  
Hot Rolled ◽  
Hot Rolled Steel

Authors of article analysed influence of variability of yield strength over cross-section of hot rolled steel member to its load-carrying capacity. In calculation models, the yield strength is usually taken as constant. But yield strength of a steel hot-rolled beam is generally a random quantity. Not only the whole beam but also its parts have slightly different material characteristics. According to the results of more accurate measurements, the statistical characteristics of the material taken from various cross-section points (e.g. from a web and a flange) are, however, more or less different. This variation is described by one dimensional random field. The load-carrying capacity of the beam IPE300 under bending moment at its ends with the lateral buckling influence included is analysed, nondimensional slenderness according to EC3 is λ¯ = 0.6. For this relatively low slender beam the influence of the yield strength on the load-carrying capacity is large. Also the influence of all the other imperfections as accurately as possible, the load-carrying capacity was determined by geometrically and materially nonlinear solution of very accurate FEM model by the ANSYS programme.

Fuzzy Sets Theory in Comparison with Stochastic Methods to Analyse Nonlinear Behaviour of a Steel Member under Compression

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Kala
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Stochastic Methods ◽  
Nonlinear Behaviour ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Stochastic Solution ◽  
Fuzzy Solution ◽  
Sets Theory

The load-carrying capacity of the member with imperfections under axial compression is analysed in the present paper. The study is divided into two parts: (i) in the first one, the input parameters are considered to be random numbers (with distribution of probability functions obtained from experimental results and/or tolerance standard), while (ii) in the other one, the input parameters are considered to be fuzzy numbers (with membership functions). The load-carrying capacity was calculated by geometrical nonlinear solution of a beam by means of the finite element method. In the case (ii), the membership function was determined by applying the fuzzy sets, whereas in the case (i), the distribution probability function of load-carrying capacity was determined. For (i) stochastic solution, the numerical simulation Monte Carlo method was applied, whereas for (ii) fuzzy solution, the method of the so-called α cuts was applied. The design load-carrying capacity was determined according to the EC3 and EN1990 standards. The results of the fuzzy, stochastic and deterministic analyses are compared in the concluding part of the paper.

Pavement Damage Due to Conventional and New Generation of Wide-Base Super Single Tires

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 210-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Al-Qadi ◽  
M. A. Elseifi ◽  
P. J. Yoo ◽  
I. Janajreh
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fe Analysis ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Inflation Pressure ◽  
3D Finite Element ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Pavement Damage ◽  
New Generation

Abstract The objective of this study was to quantify pavement damage due to a conventional (385/65R22.5) and a new generation of wide-base (445/50R22.5) tires using three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) analysis. The investigated new generation of wide-base tires has wider treads and greater load-carrying capacity than the conventional wide-base tire. In addition, the contact patch is less sensitive to loading and is especially designed to operate at 690kPa inflation pressure at 121km/hr speed for full load of 151kN tandem axle. The developed FE models simulated the tread sizes and applicable contact pressure for each tread and utilized laboratory-measured pavement material properties. In addition, the models were calibrated and properly validated using field-measured stresses and strains. Comparison was established between the two wide-base tire types and the dual-tire assembly. Results indicated that the 445/50R22.5 wide-base tire would cause more fatigue damage, approximately the same rutting damage and less surface-initiated top-down cracking than the conventional dual-tire assembly. On the other hand, the conventional 385/65R22.5 wide-base tire, which was introduced more than two decades ago, caused the most damage.

Load carrying capacity of cylindrical shells

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (21) ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
Anatolii Dekhtyar ◽  
◽  
Oleksandr Babkov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying
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