Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths

An integral bridge may be defined as having no expansion joints or sliding bearings, the deck is continuous across the length of the bridge. Among the advantages of this type of bridge is reducing the cost of maintenance and bringing comfort to road users as there is no connection between the supers...

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Main Author:	Tuan Abdul Manaf, Tuan Khusairry
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78053/1/TuanKhusairryTuanMFKA20141.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.780532018-07-23T05:33:19Z Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths 2014-01 Tuan Abdul Manaf, Tuan Khusairry TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) An integral bridge may be defined as having no expansion joints or sliding bearings, the deck is continuous across the length of the bridge. Among the advantages of this type of bridge is reducing the cost of maintenance and bringing comfort to road users as there is no connection between the superstructure and substructure. However, this type of bridge is quite different in comparison to the conventional bridge in terms of the analysis and design. The aim of this study is to examine the performance, with respect to the terms of reference of the PWD Bridge Unit of integral bridges in excess of 60 m span length. This study is also intended to investigate and make a comparison between integral bridges with various span lengths in terms of the performance particularly for the reactions resulting from the applied load. A series of integral bridges with different span configurations and lengths have been designed and analyzed using STAAD Pro. The results show that when the span increases, the values of hogging moments at connection between beam and pier increase significantly. From the analysis and design that have been made, it can be concluded that for integral bridges with lengths more than 70 m (for example, configuration of bridge of 20m + 40m + 20m), the bridge can be designed as an integral bridge but the thickness of the deck slab should be increased in order to sustain the resulting negative hogging moment on the connections between the beams and piers. However, the cost incurred due to increasing the thickness of the deck slab should be calculated in order to assess whether a bridge should designed as an integral bridge or conventional bridge. 2014-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78053/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78053/1/TuanKhusairryTuanMFKA20141.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:83250 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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description	An integral bridge may be defined as having no expansion joints or sliding bearings, the deck is continuous across the length of the bridge. Among the advantages of this type of bridge is reducing the cost of maintenance and bringing comfort to road users as there is no connection between the superstructure and substructure. However, this type of bridge is quite different in comparison to the conventional bridge in terms of the analysis and design. The aim of this study is to examine the performance, with respect to the terms of reference of the PWD Bridge Unit of integral bridges in excess of 60 m span length. This study is also intended to investigate and make a comparison between integral bridges with various span lengths in terms of the performance particularly for the reactions resulting from the applied load. A series of integral bridges with different span configurations and lengths have been designed and analyzed using STAAD Pro. The results show that when the span increases, the values of hogging moments at connection between beam and pier increase significantly. From the analysis and design that have been made, it can be concluded that for integral bridges with lengths more than 70 m (for example, configuration of bridge of 20m + 40m + 20m), the bridge can be designed as an integral bridge but the thickness of the deck slab should be increased in order to sustain the resulting negative hogging moment on the connections between the beams and piers. However, the cost incurred due to increasing the thickness of the deck slab should be calculated in order to assess whether a bridge should designed as an integral bridge or conventional bridge.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tuan Abdul Manaf, Tuan Khusairry
author_facet	Tuan Abdul Manaf, Tuan Khusairry
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title	Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths
title_short	Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths
title_full	Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths
title_fullStr	Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths
title_full_unstemmed	Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2014
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Performance of integral bridge with various span lengths

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