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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2015.18.5.1239

Simulating the construction process of steel-concrete composite bridges  

Wu, Jie (Department of Building Engineering, Tongji University)
Frangopol, Dan M. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University)
Soliman, Mohamed (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University)
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Steel and Composite Structures / v.18, no.5, 2015 , pp. 1239-1258 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a master-slave constraint method, which may substitute the conventional transformed-section method, to account for the changes in cross-sectional properties of composite members during construction and to investigate the time-dependent performance of steel-concrete composite bridges. The time-dependent effects caused by creep and shrinkage of concrete are considered by combining the age-adjusted effective modulus method and finite element analysis. An efficient computational tool which runs in AutoCAD environment is developed to simulate the construction process of steel-concrete composite bridges. The major highlight of the developed tool consists in a very convenient and user-friendly interface integrated in AutoCAD environment. The accuracy of the proposed method is verified by comparing its results with those provided by using the transformed-section method. Furthermore, the computational efficiency of the developed tool is demonstrated by applying it to a steel-concrete composite bridge.
Keywords
steel-concrete composite bridge; simulation; construction; master-slave constraint; AutoCAD; creep; shrinkage;
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