Experimental Investigation of Precast Bridge Deck Panels with Novel High-Performance Connections under Fatigue Loading
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 11
Abstract
Connections between precast bridge deck panels (PBDPs) have the risks of cracking and leaking during service life, influencing the performance and durability of PBDPs. High-performance materials offer the possibility for simplifying joint configurations and increasing serviceability performance. Traffic causes the bridge deck panels to bear the action of fatigue load inevitably. Therefore, this paper conducted validation tests and fatigue bending tests to investigate the fatigue behaviors of PBDPs with the proposed high-performance connections. Ultrahigh-performance concrete and carbon fiber–reinforced polymer tendons were adopted in the proposed connection. The validation tests proved the reliability of connections in the longitudinal and transverse directions under Vehicle mode-III in the Chinese code. The fatigue bending tests analyzed the performance parameter development of PBDPs with the proposed connection during the whole fatigue process, including crack pattern, deflection, strain, stiffness, and energy dissipation. Then, empirical models used to predict fatigue deflection and fatigue damage quantity were put forward based on the test results. The results show that the capacity of the static test after fatigue is 2.17 and 13.63 times the upper fatigue limit when the connection is along the support direction and perpendicular to the support direction, respectively. The proposed high-performance connection has enough safe reserves irrespective of which direction it is arranged. The fatigue damage of PBDPs with the proposed connection under moment develops in three stages: rapid development of fatigue damage stage, stable accumulation of damage stage, and imminent failure stage. The maximum midspan deflection and logarithmic cycle numbers present linear relationships. These empirical models have ideal accuracy for predicting flexural fatigue deflection and accumulative damage.
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Data Availability Statement
All data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, including load–deflection curves in the experiments.
Acknowledgments
This work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 52208454), the Beijing Municipal Education Commission (IDHT20190504), the Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation (Grant No. 2022-zz-090), and the Beijing University of Architecture and Architecture Leading Scholar Program B (JDLJ20220807). These institutions are gratefully acknowledged for their support. The results and conclusions presented in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the sponsors.
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Volume 28 • Issue 11 • November 2023
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Received: Feb 14, 2023
Accepted: Jun 5, 2023
Published online: Aug 22, 2023
Published in print: Nov 1, 2023
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