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Girder Distribution Factors for Continuous Steel Girder Bridges  

Eom, Jun-Sik (상지대학교 건설시스템공학과)
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Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection / v.9, no.3, 2005 , pp. 151-160 More about this Journal
Abstract
Current bridge design codes do not clearly specify the girder distribution factors for continuous bridges. The objective of the paper is to validate the use of code-specified girder distribution factors for the continuous steel girder bridges, and to provide a basis for recommended girder distribution factors (GDF) for interior girders, suitable for evaluation of existing continuous steel girder bridges. This paper presents the procedure and results of 3-dimensional finite element analysis that were performed on five of continuous steel girder bridges to verify girder distribution factors. The analysis results showed that the live load moment distribution at the negative moment region is very similar to those at the positive moment region in continuous steel girder bridges. It was also found that the GDF's based on the strain values are similar to those based on the deflection. GDF's based on the deflection show marginally better distribution. The analysis results confirmed that the code specified GDF's for continuous steel girder birdges are very conservative.
Keywords
Live-Load Distribution; Continuous Girder Bridges; Finite Element Analysis;
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