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Thermal response in Florida bridges
| Title: | Thermal response in Florida bridges. |
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| Name(s): |
Sandepudi, Krishna Srinivasa. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Arockiasamy, Madasamy, Thesis advisor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1991 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 214 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges are subjected to non-linear temperature variations leading to complex thermal stresses which vary continuously with time. Though these stresses are often comparable with those produced by live and dead loads, little guidance is given in bridge design codes on how these stresses are accurately computed. The objective of this project is to study the response of Florida bridges in the extreme thermal environment The project is divided into the following four tasks i) Computer modeling of the bridge and estimation of the thermal response. ii) Field measurements of temperatures in typical bridges. iii) Comparison of observed and estimated data. iv) Suggestions and/or revisions to the existing thermal stress allowances in the code. A computer software FETAB was used to model and analyze the thermal response of several bridge cross sections. Two single cell box girder bridges, located at the 1-595 and US-441 interchange, Fort Lauderdale, were instrumented with thermocouples and vibrating wire strain gages. The predicted temperature variations were found to compare fairly well with those measured in the field. Though the analytical values vary a little from the actual field data, emphasis was given to gain insight into the problems associated with the thermal effects in concrete bridges. Suggestions were made for revision of existing design code provisions for improved design of bridges. | |
| Identifier: | 14759 (digitool), FADT14759 (IID), fau:11550 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
College of Engineering and Computer Science Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1991. |
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| Subject(s): |
Bridges, Concrete--Thermal properties Bridges, Concrete--Effect of temperature on Thermal stresses |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14759 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
