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FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF JOINTS IN PRECAST PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DOUBLE TEE BRIDGE SYSTEM

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Date Issued:
1986
Summary:
The feasibility of the use of double-tee beams in a bridge system is examined by conducting tests on a 1:3.5 scale model of a two-span transversely and longitudinally post-tensioned continuous double-tee beam system. Constant amplitude fatigue loading was applied on the model at typical locations simulating HS 20-44 AASHTO truck loading. The behavior of the bridge system was evaluated in terms of deflections, wheel load distributions, crack growth and patterns with increasing number of cycles of fatigue loading. A finite element analysis of the bridge system was done using plate and beam elements and results compared with experimental values.
Title: FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF JOINTS IN PRECAST PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DOUBLE TEE BRIDGE SYSTEM.
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Name(s): RAO, VENKATESWARA B.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Arockiasamy, Madasamy, Thesis advisor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1986
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 173 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The feasibility of the use of double-tee beams in a bridge system is examined by conducting tests on a 1:3.5 scale model of a two-span transversely and longitudinally post-tensioned continuous double-tee beam system. Constant amplitude fatigue loading was applied on the model at typical locations simulating HS 20-44 AASHTO truck loading. The behavior of the bridge system was evaluated in terms of deflections, wheel load distributions, crack growth and patterns with increasing number of cycles of fatigue loading. A finite element analysis of the bridge system was done using plate and beam elements and results compared with experimental values.
Identifier: 14332 (digitool), FADT14332 (IID), fau:11139 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.
Subject(s): Prestressed concrete beams--Fatigue
Bridges, Concrete--Joints
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