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Structural Efficiency of Steel Stiffening Deck Systems in Suspension Bridges Due to Gravity Loads
Structural Efficiency of Steel Stiffening Deck Systems in Suspension Bridges Due to Gravity Loads2020 •
In this paper, suspended stiffened decks in suspension bridges are considered. Three steel deck-stiffening systems are compared structurally; the plate girder, the box girder and the stiffening truss. A three-span continuous suspension bridge model is considered. Analysis is made by the second order non-linear deflection theory in its linearized form. Developed software is used for the analysis to determine the induced tension in the cable, moments, shears and deflections of the girders for any general live load case. AASHTO criteria for steel girders are adopted. AASHTO highway live loads-HL 93-are applied to Khartoum-Tuti Suspension Bridge in Khartoum, Sudan for each type of the stiffening systems. Ten load cases are considered and discussed. Results have shown that the most efficient type to resist gravity loads is the stiffening truss, followed by the box girder and last is the plate girder.
This paper reports the results of a piece of research about long-span suspension bridges with multiple-box girder steel deck characterized by low drag coefficient and high aeroelastic stability. For this type of bridges, by increasing the span length, the contribution to the stiffness of the suspension cables becomes dominant with respect to that of the deck, so that the ratio of the frequency of the first torsional mode to the frequency of the first vertical bending mode approaches unity, while they both decrease. As a consequence, if the deck cross-section geometry does not allow single-degree-of-freedom torsional flutter, one would observe the onset of two-degree-of-freedom classical flutter at a relatively low wind speed, depending on the dynamic and aerodynamic properties of the structure. The research presented herein, proposes an innovative approach to the design of long-span suspension bridges by studying deck configurations with frequency ratios of first torsional to vertic...
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