Ultimate strength of continuous composite box-girder bridges with precast decks

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung-Keun Ryu ◽  
Sung-Pil Chang
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Box Girder Bridges ◽  
Box Girder ◽  
Girder Bridges

Analytical Study on Curved Box Girder Bridges with Minimum Horizontal Stiffeners

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Adachi ◽  
Takashi Yamaguchi ◽  
Kohei Funayama ◽  
Shintaro Arai ◽  
Michiaki Takao
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Automatic Welding ◽  
Box Girders ◽  
Box Girder Bridges ◽  
Box Girder ◽  
Girder Bridges ◽  
The Web

<p>Curved box girder bridges are widely used in viaducts in urban areas, as well as highway junctions. In fabricating curved box girders, automatic welding robots cannot be applied to welding of horizontal stiffeners to the web panel due to the girder curvature and manufacturing costs increase. <span>Elimination or reduction of the number of horizontal stiffeners is desirable. In this study, </span>FE analysis was carried out varying the curvature and the width-thickness ratio of the structural components as structural parameters to propose the curved box girder bridges without horizontal stiffeners in the web panel. In order to evaluate <span>the ultimate strength, the collapse mode (buckling of lower flange, web panel or stiffeners) has been clarified considering the </span>design sectional forces such as torsional moment, bending moment and shearing force.</p><p>From the results, it was found that the curvature has little influence on the bending buckling strength of the web panels. Even if the horizontal stiffeners are eliminated, the ultimate strength doesn’t decrease until compressive flange buckling occurs. It is concluded that the ultimate strength is governed by the buckling of the compressive flange, even when the bending buckling occurs in the web panel.</p>

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