Implementation and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Structural Shapes in the Tom's Creek Bridge

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dc.contributorVirginia Transportation Research Councilen
dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Michael Daviden
dc.contributor.authorHaramis, John Emmanuel IIen
dc.contributor.authorLesko, John J.en
dc.contributor.authorCousins, Thomas E.en
dc.contributor.authorDuke, John C. Jr.en
dc.contributor.authorWeyers, Richard E.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiomedical Engineering and Mechanicsen
dc.date.accessed2013-11-21en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-19T18:30:24Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-19T18:30:24Zen
dc.date.issued2000-05-01en
dc.description.abstractA bridge rehabilitation utilizing a hybrid fiber reinforced polymeric composite has been completed in Blacksburg, Virginia. This project involved replacing the superstructure in the Tom's Creek Bridge, a rural short-span traffic bridge with a timber deck and corroded steel girders, with a glue-laminated timber deck on composite girders. In order to verify the bridge design and to address construction issues prior to the rehabilitation, a full-scale mock-up of the bridge was built and tested in the laboratory. This set-up utilized the actual composite beams, glue-laminated timber deck panels, and geometry to be implemented in the rehabilitation. After the rehabilitation was completed, the bridge was field tested under a known truckload. Both tests examined service load deflections, girder strains, load distribution, the degree of composite action, inter-panel deck deflections, and impact factor. The field test results indicate a service load deflection of L/400 under moving loads and a factor of safety of over 7 using the projected A-allowable for beam flexural strength. The data from the field test serves as a baseline reference for future field durability assessments as part of a long-term performance and durability study.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Department of Transportation 5105-020, 1432-020en
dc.description.sponsorshipFHWA 5105-020, 1432-020en
dc.format.extent31 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationM.D. Hayes, J. Haramis, J.J. Lesko, T.E. Cousins, J.C.Duke, R.E. Weyers. "Implementation and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Structural Shapes in the Tom's Creek Bridge," Virginia Transportation Research Council 530 Edgemont Road Charlottesville, VA 22903, Report No. FHWA/VTRC 00-CR7, May 2000.en
dc.identifier.govdocFHWA/VTRC 00-CR7en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46720en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/00-cr7.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Researchen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectComposite materialsen
dc.subjectBridge rehabilitationen
dc.subjectField testingen
dc.subjectNondestructive testingen
dc.titleImplementation and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Structural Shapes in the Tom's Creek Bridgeen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
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