Impact Factors for Horizontally Curved Composite Box Girder Bridges
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Volume 9, Issue 6
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This paper presents a method for determining the dynamic impact factors for horizontally curved composite single- or multicell box girder bridges under AASHTO truck loading. The bridges are modeled as three-dimensional structures using commercially available software. The vehicle is idealized as a pair of concentrated forces, with no mass, traveling in two circumferential paths parallel to the curved centerline of bridges. An extensive parametric study is conducted, in which over 215 curved composite box girder bridge prototypes are analyzed. The key parameters considered in this study are: Number of cells, number of lanes, degree of curvature, arc span length, slope of the outer steel webs, number and area of bracing and top chord systems, and truck(s) speed and truck(s) positioning. Based on the data generated from the parametric study, expressions for dynamic impact factors for longitudinal moment, reaction, and deflection are proposed as function of the ratio of the arc span length to the radius of curvature. The results from this study would enable bridge engineers to design horizontally curved composite box girder bridges more reliably and economically. Furthermore, the results can be used to potentially increase the live-load capacity of existing bridges to prevent posting or closing of the bridge.
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Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 9 • Issue 6 • November 2004
Pages: 512 - 520
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