Shear connectors are used in steel beam-concrete slabs of composite frame and bridge structures to transfer shear force according to design loads. The existing Y-type perfobond rib shear connectors are designed for girder slabs of composite bridges. Therefore, the rib and transverse rebars of the conventional Y-type perfobond rib shear connectors are extremely large for the composite frames of ...

Steel-concrete composite girder bridges, in essence, are thin-walled structures, the dynamic responses of which will be greater than those a typical Euler–Bernoulli beam under train-bridge interaction because shear lag and interface slip. Thus, this study, analysis model train-composite box bridge-multiple tuned mass damper (MTMD) coupling system is proposed, with derived equations time-varying...

The natural aging, environmental impact, and appropriate design are certainly playing a serious role in safety of the bridges function. The functional safety of bridge constitutes a prime element of the transportation system serving commuters, passengers and freight. According to Federal Highway Administration, the steel bridges share represents a large amount of the United States' bridges. In ...

In this paper, the stress-related damping ratio formula of box girder with corrugated steel webs is introduced. Using response spectrum method, an iterative algorithm is proposed to calculate the seismic response and the stressrelated damping ratio under different seismic intensities. Based on a simply supported composite box girder bridge with corrugated steel webs, the stress-related damping ...

The streamline flat steel box girder is broadly used in long span cablesupported bridges all over the world. As one of the most important part of the bridges, its stress level and distribution under various dynamic loads are especially concerned. However, it is difficult to obtain the accurate stress of the steel box girder by common finite element (FE) calculation. The Runyang Suspension Bridg...

In order to study the relationship between bearing capacity of structure and damage degree, author proposed parameter analysis heat storage loss test concrete composite box girder. Taking five-span prestressed girder as an example, different degrees are simulated by reducing bending stiffness parts, modal strain energy method flexibility difference used diagnose structural damage. The results s...