scholarly journals PC Cable-Stayed Bridge Main Girder Shear Lag Effects: Assessment of Single Cable Plane in Construction Stage

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Yan-feng Li ◽  
Xing-long Sun ◽  
Long-sheng Bao

A model test and finite element analysis were conducted in this study to determine the distribution law of shear lag effect in the main beam section, a box girder, during the cable-stayed bridge construction process. The experimental and theoretical results were compared in an example of loading the control section. The stress value of the cable tension area of the main beam upper edge was found to markedly change when tensiling the cable force and was accompanied by prominent shear lag effect. After a hanging basket load was applied, the main beam of certain sections showed alternating positive and negative shear lag characteristics. The shear lag distribution law in the box girder of the single-cable-plane prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge along the longitudinal direction was determined in order to observe the stress distribution of the girder. The results show that finite element analysis of the plane bar system should be conducted at different positions in the bridge under construction; the calculated shear lag coefficient of the cable force acting at the cable end of the cantilever reflects the actual force. In the beam segments between the cable forces, the shear lag coefficient determined by the ratio of the bending moment to the axial force reflects the actual stress at the cable force action point. In the midspan beam section between the action points of cable forces, the shear lag coefficient of the bending moment reflects the actual stress. The section shear lag coefficient can be obtained by linear interpolation of the beam section between the cable action point and the middle of the span.

2014 ◽  
Vol 587-589 ◽  
pp. 1558-1562
Author(s):  
Hai Hong Mo

The nonlinear basic theory and nonlinear influence factor of cable-stayed bridge has been introduced. Quantitative analysis to the sag effect, beam-column effect and large deformation effect has been done based on a cable-stayed bridge. Analysis show that the sag effect, beam-column effect and large deformation effect of cable force is not obvious, but the sag effect should not been ignored in the calculation of the main beam.


2012 ◽  
Vol 568 ◽  
pp. 200-203
Author(s):  
Xiang Nan Wu ◽  
Xiao Liang Zhai ◽  
Ming Min Zhou

There exist evident shear-lag phenomena in large-span composite cable-stayed bridges under the action of axial force, especially in the deck with double main girders. In order to discuss the distribution law of the effective flange width coefficient along the span, caused by axial force, finite element computations of five composite cable-stayed bridges and theoretical analysis have been performed. The transmission angle of axial force caused by the axial compression of stay cables was given, meanwhile the formulas for computation effective slab width coefficient under axial force were suggested.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Dong ◽  
Bin Xie ◽  
Dongli Sun ◽  
Yizhuo Zhang

<p>Cable forces are primary factors influencing the design of a cable-stayed bridge. A fast and practical method for cable force estimation is proposed in this paper. For this purpose, five input parameters representing the main characteristics of a cable-stayed bridge and two output parameters representing the cable forces in two key construction stages are defined. Twenty different representative cable-stayed bridges are selected for further prediction. The cable forces are carefully optimized through finite element analysis. Then, discrete and fuzzy processing is applied in data processing to improve their reliability and practicality. Finally, based on the input parameters of a target bridge, the maximum possible output parameters are calculated by Bayes estimation based on the processed data. The calculation results show that the average prediction error of this method is less than 1% for the twenty bridges themselves, which provide the primary data and less than 3% for an under-construction bridge.</p>


2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 974-979
Author(s):  
Jie Dai ◽  
Jin Di ◽  
Feng Jiang Qin ◽  
Min Zhao ◽  
Wen Ru Lu

For steel box girder of cable-stayed bridge, which using incremental launching method, during the launching process, structural system and boundary conditions were changing, structure mechanical behaviors were complex. It was necessary to conduct a comprehensive analysis on internal force and deformation of the whole structure during the launching process. Took a cable-stayed bridge with single tower, double cable planes and steel box girder in China as an example; finite element software MIDAS Civil 2010 was used to establish a model for steel box girder, simulation analysis of the entire incremental launching process was carried out. Variation rules and envelopes of the internal force, stress, deformation and support reaction were obtained. The result showed that: the maximum value of positive bending moment after launching complete was 60% of the maximum value of positive bending moment during the launching process. The maximum value of negative bending moment after launching complete was 78% of the maximum value of negative bending moment during the launching process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
pp. 02046
Author(s):  
Jilin Wang ◽  
JinFa Xu

On the basis of the original design of Ruck Bridge by Mr. Lin Tongyan, this paper modifies the single-amplitude curved cable-stayed bridge of Ruck Bridge to be an elliptical ring main beam of two-amplitude curved deck, with a duck-egg-shaped arch tower and a spatial cable net with four cable planes, to form a spatial four-cable-plane two-amplitude-curve cable-stayed bridge for the canyon-river topography, so as to improve the structural stress performance of the curved-beam cable-stayed bridge, promote the traffic function and improve the landscape. Combined with the 400m-span New Ruck Cable-stayed Bridge, engineering parameters are designed, a Midas finite element analysis model is established, and the dynamic modal analysis is carried out to verify the structural superiority of this new four-cable-plane spatial cable-stayed bridge with two-amplitude curved deck.


2014 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 495-498
Author(s):  
Shi Xiang Hu ◽  
Wen Gang Ma ◽  
Min Luo

The determination of post-tensioning cable forces is one of the most important issues for the design of arch pylon cable stayed bridge. In this paper, the optimization module implemented in MATLB, together with the commercial finite element software MIDAS, were employed to evaluate the minimum bending strain energy of the bridge. After optimizing the cable forces, the bending moment of the pylons were bigger than the values of original design. The bending moment of the main arch pylon within 55m to 70m height increased by 7280 kN•m, and the bending moment of the auxiliary arch pylon within 30m to 60m height increased by 3926 kN•m .The stress of the pylons was still far below the allowance value when the obtained cable forces were applied. However, for the girder, the difference between the maximum positive and maximum negative bending moments due to dead load can be lessened greatly by the application of the obtained cable forces. The results obtained revealed that the method presented could make full use of cable forces and lead to optimal structural performance.


2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 1498-1503
Author(s):  
Heng Shan Gao ◽  
Tie Ying Li

In this paper, using the universal finite element analysis software SAP2000 to build a large span cable-stayed bridge with finite element model, using a stepwise analysis finite element method to study the concrete shrinkage and creep efforts on the main beam inner force and deformation, cable tension during the cable-stayed bridge construction process and after the bridge. Research results show that the effects of shrinkage and creep in the finished bridge cannot be ignored, and the results can be used as reference for the design of similar projects.


2013 ◽  
Vol 477-478 ◽  
pp. 690-696
Author(s):  
Niu Jing Ma

To ensure that the cable force tuning of Banfu No.2 bridge was carried out successfully, an incremental method for cable force tuning was presented, which took into account the cable-girder temperature difference. The cable forces were measured through frequency method. Before cable force tuning, all cable forces and temperatures of cables and girders were measured when the ambient temperature was stable, and these cable forces were taken as reference cable forces. During cable force tuning, the increment of cable force was regarded as the control quantity, while the displacement in the middle of main span was regarded as the verification quantity. After each stage, it was necessary to measure the temperatures of cables and girders and the displacement variation in the middle of the main span. To ensure the mechanical state of bridge was in control, all cable forces were measured after the 5th, 10th pairs of cables and all cables were tuned. In addition, the temperature-corrected cable forces were compared with the calculated ones, which showed the incremental method was not only accurate but also efficient.


2013 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 172-176
Author(s):  
Liang Dong Zhu ◽  
Zhi Zhou Bai ◽  
De Wei Chen

The Pylon of Xinjiang Cable-Stayed Bridge has a special geometric form, of which the anchorage zone adopts the steel-concrete composite structure with built-in steel anchorage box. To investigate the mechanical behavior, the refined 3D finite element model has been established with the shear nails of steel anchorage box simulated. The stress conditions of steel anchorage box and concrete under prestressing bar and stayed cable forces have been then studied. The bearing proportion at the anchorage zone for the horizontal component of cable force has been calculated. Results indicate that the overall mechanical performance of the anchorage zone is excel, which can be a reference for designing of similar structure.


2014 ◽  
Vol 638-640 ◽  
pp. 1092-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Juan Jiang ◽  
Qi Ming Wu ◽  
Yu Feng Xiao ◽  
Xiao Wei Yi ◽  
Wei Ming Gai

In the present paper, based on the three-dimensional finite element analysis for a three-span continuous PC box girder bridge with corrugated steel webs and the corresponding conventional box girder bridge with concrete webs, a comparative study on the shear lag effect under self-weight is carryied out together with the analyslis on the coefficient of the effective flange width. The results show that At the sections in the negative bending moment near the intermediate piers, the shear lag effect in the bridge with corrugated steel webs is more obvious than that in the bridge with concrete webs by 8%; and the corresponding effective flange width coefficient in the bridge with corrugated steel webs is even smaller than 0.9, so the shear lag effect at these sections should be considered in the design of this type of bridges. At the mid-span section of the middle span of a three-span continuous bridge either with corrugated steel webs or concrete webs, the shear lag effect can be omitted since the corresponding effective flange width coefficient there is close to 1.0.


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