Experimental Study on the Dynamic Impacts of Service Train Loads on a Corrugated Steel Plate Culvert
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 18, Issue 4
Abstract
The technical note presents the results and conclusions of the field tests under service loads that were conducted on a corrugated steel plate (CSP) railway culvert. On the basis of the measured displacements, use of the frequency domain decomposition method determined the frequencies of this culvert. Interferometric radar was used to monitor displacements of this culvert. The comparison between dynamic coefficients, received from three bridge standards and the experimental dynamic amplification factor (DAF), is also presented. The DAFs from tests were in the range of 1.10–1.375. The frequencies of the CSP culvert, caused by kinematic excitations, did not exceed 5.5 Hz. In turn, the maximum displacements of the CSP railway culvert ranged from to . Conclusions drawn from the tests can be helpful in the assessment of the dynamic behavior of such CSP culverts.
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Acknowledgments
This research project is funded by the Opole University of Technology. The author thanks W. Anigacz, A. Balut, K. Drozdzol, and R. Kocierz for excellent work during the tests.
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Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 18 • Issue 4 • April 2013
Pages: 339 - 346
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 19, 2011
Accepted: Mar 19, 2012
Published online: Mar 21, 2012
Published in print: Apr 1, 2013
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