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Experimental and analytical studies of innovative prestressed concrete box-girder bridges

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This paper presents experimental and analytical results of four scaled prestressed concrete box-girder bridges with corrugated steel webs. The location of prestressing strands at both ends of the specimens and the thickness of end diaphragms are the two major parameters. Based on the experimental results of all four specimens, their seismic behavior is critically examined, including hysteretic loops, ductility factor, dissipated energy, and failure mode, etc. It was found that both the thickness of end diaphragms and the location of prestressing strands at both ends of the specimens are insignificant when the specimens failed at the mid-span due to concrete crushing, and the proposed analytical model can be used to predict the load-displacement relationship of such bridges.

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L’article présente les résultats expérimentaux et analytiques de quatre ponts tubulaires en béton précontraint’ à échelle ayant des âmes en acier ondulé. La présence de torons de précontrainte aux deux extrémités des échantillons et l’épaisseur des diaphragmes des extrémités constituent les deux principaux paramètres. Basé sur les résultats expérimentaux des quatre échantillons, leur comportement sismique a été examiné de façon critique, incluant des cycles d’hystérésis, le facteur de ductilité, la dissipation d’énergie, le mode de rupture, etc. Il en a résulté que l’épaisseur des diaphragmes des extrémités ainsi que la présence de torons de précontrainte aux deux extrémités des échantillons étaient insignifiantes lorsque les échantillons subissaient une rupture à mi-travée en raison du broyage du béton, et que le modèle analytique proposé pouvait être utilisé pour prévoir la relation charge-déplacement de tels ponts.

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    Y. L. Mo & C. -H. Jeng

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Mo, Y.L., Jeng, C.H. & Krawinkler, H. Experimental and analytical studies of innovative prestressed concrete box-girder bridges. Mat. Struct. 36, 99–107 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02479523

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