Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks
Orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) have been widely used in long-span bridges due to their advantages of being lightweight, having high capacity, and allowing rapid construction. However, due to the insufficiency of local stiffness of OSD, fatigue cracking and pavement damage have been common problems o...
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| description | Orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) have been widely used in long-span bridges due to their advantages of being lightweight, having high capacity, and allowing rapid construction. However, due to the insufficiency of local stiffness of OSD, fatigue cracking and pavement damage have been common problems of OSDs worldwide. It seriously affects the safety and durability of long-span bridges. Therefore, to solve this problem, this paper introduces an innovative steel ultrahigh-performance concrete (steel-UHPC) lightweight composite deck (LWCD). LWCD can reduce the fatigue stress of the conventional OSD by up to 80% and extend the fatigue life to twice the design requirements. Furthermore, engineering practices in China have proven that LWCD can effectively reduce manufacturing costs and maintenance costs throughout the whole life cycle of the structures. Thus, to provide references for design and maintenance of long-span bridges, this paper introduces the structural design, construction techniques, joint construction design, repair methods, and economic benefits of LWCD in detail. Furthermore, numerical simulations and laboratory tests are introduced in this paper to validate the superiority of LWCD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-46d355e61aa042328d7e107bdf6cef352025-08-20T03:36:45ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942021-01-01202110.1155/2021/85087958508795Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite DecksYong Liu0Xin Zhang1Rong Liu2Guorong Chen3School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, ChinaHunan Provincial Communications Planning, Survey & Design Institution Co., Ltd., Changsha, ChinaHunan Provincial Communications Planning, Survey & Design Institution Co., Ltd., Changsha, ChinaDongguan Communications Investment Group Co.Ltd., Dongguan 523000, ChinaOrthotropic steel decks (OSDs) have been widely used in long-span bridges due to their advantages of being lightweight, having high capacity, and allowing rapid construction. However, due to the insufficiency of local stiffness of OSD, fatigue cracking and pavement damage have been common problems of OSDs worldwide. It seriously affects the safety and durability of long-span bridges. Therefore, to solve this problem, this paper introduces an innovative steel ultrahigh-performance concrete (steel-UHPC) lightweight composite deck (LWCD). LWCD can reduce the fatigue stress of the conventional OSD by up to 80% and extend the fatigue life to twice the design requirements. Furthermore, engineering practices in China have proven that LWCD can effectively reduce manufacturing costs and maintenance costs throughout the whole life cycle of the structures. Thus, to provide references for design and maintenance of long-span bridges, this paper introduces the structural design, construction techniques, joint construction design, repair methods, and economic benefits of LWCD in detail. Furthermore, numerical simulations and laboratory tests are introduced in this paper to validate the superiority of LWCD.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8508795 |
| spellingShingle | Yong Liu Xin Zhang Rong Liu Guorong Chen Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks Advances in Civil Engineering |
| title | Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks |
| title_full | Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks |
| title_fullStr | Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks |
| title_short | Design and Mechanical Properties of Steel-UHPC Lightweight Composite Decks |
| title_sort | design and mechanical properties of steel uhpc lightweight composite decks |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8508795 |
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