Preservative Effect on Stress-Laminated Southern Pine Bridge Decks
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Stress-laminated timber bridge decks have gained increasing popularity in the United States in recent years. As with all wood exposed to the environment, wood for these decks must be treated with preservatives. There has been reluctance to build chromated-copper-arsenate (CCA) –treated wood bridges due to concerns about dimensional stability. Because no research has been undertaken to investigate the use of CCA-treated southern pine in stress-laminated bridge decks, a good resource for economic rural bridges has remained untapped. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of various wood preservatives on stress-laminated southern pine bridge decks. A total of nine decks with seven different preservatives were built and exposed to the environment for more than 2 years. Force levels in prestressing bars and wood moisture contents from each deck were continuously monitored. It was found that the short-term variations in the bar stress levels are less for decks with oil-type preservatives, as compared to CCA preservatives. The long-term performance for decks with both preservative types was found to be similar. The anchorage effect on the deck performance was found to be negligible.
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Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 6 • Issue 2 • April 2001
Pages: 144 - 153
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Received: Mar 4, 1999
Published online: Apr 1, 2001
Published in print: Apr 2001
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