Development and Evaluation of an Adhesively Bonded Panel-to-Panel Joint for a Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck System

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dc.contributorVirginia Transportation Research Councilen
dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Zihongen
dc.contributor.authorMajumdar, Prasun K.en
dc.contributor.authorCousins, Tommyen
dc.contributor.authorLesko, John J.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2013-11-21en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-19T18:30:08Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-19T18:30:08Zen
dc.date.issued2007-04-01en
dc.description.abstractA fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite cellular deck system was used to rehabilitate a historical cast iron thru-truss structure (Hawthorne Street Bridge in Covington, Virginia). The most important characteristic of this application is reduction in self-weight, which raises the live load-carrying capacity of the bridge by replacing the existing concrete deck with an FRP deck. This bridge is designed to an HL-93 load and has a 75-ft clear span with a roadway width of 22 ft. The panel-to-panel connections were accomplished using full width, adhesively (structural urethane adhesive) bonded tongue and groove splices with scarfed edges. To ensure proper construction, serviceability, and strength of the splice, a full-scale two-bay section of the bridge with three adhesively bonded panel-to-panel connections was constructed and tested in the Structures Laboratory at Virginia Tech. Test results showed that no crack initiated in the joints under service load and no significant change in stiffness or strength of the joint occurred after 3,000,000 cycles of fatigue loading. The proposed adhesive bonding technique was installed in the bridge in August 2006.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Department of Transportation 69583en
dc.description.sponsorshipFederal Highway Administration 69583en
dc.format.extent26 pagesen
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dc.identifier.citationZihong Liu, Prasun K. Majumdar, Tommy Cousins, and John J. Lesko. "Development and Evaluation of an Adhesively Bonded Panel-to-Panel Joint for a Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck System," Virginia Transportation Research Council 530 Edgemont Road Charlottesville, VA 22903, Report No. FHWA/VTRC 07-CR14, April 2007.en
dc.identifier.govdocFHWA/VTRC 07-CR14en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46645en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/07-cr14.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.subjectFiber-reinforced polymersen
dc.subjectBridge decksen
dc.subjectComposite materialsen
dc.subjectBridge deck replacementen
dc.subjectBridge rehabilitationen
dc.titleDevelopment and Evaluation of an Adhesively Bonded Panel-to-Panel Joint for a Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck Systemen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
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