ENGENHARIA CIVIL

CURSO
DE
PONTES
PONTES EM CONCRETO
PROF. Dr.
YOSIAKI NAGATO*
ARMADO
PROF. Dr. JOS NERES FILHO**
* Doutor em Engenharia de Estruturas - COPPE-UFRJ-BR
**Doutor em Engenharia de Estruturas - UnB-BR/NCSU-USA
2004 by Pearson Education

Slides para fins acadmicos

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The Akashi
Kaiko Bridge

By Mr. Kaufman
Bodine High School For International Affairs

The Akashi Kaiko Bridge

This is the
longest
suspension
bridge in the
world.
Above the
Akashi Strait
between Maiko,
Tarumi-ward in
Kobe, and
Matsuho, on
Awaji Island.

 It has 6 lanes and

can support cars
going 100 km/hr.
The bridge has a
total length of
12,832 feet (2.43
miles).
It was only slightly
damaged in The
Great Hanshin
Earthquake of 1995
which destroyed
much of Kobe. It
was built to stand a
8.5 Richter-scale
quake.

The bridge is a 3-span 2-hinged truss-stiffened suspension bridge.

90,000 tons of steel were used in constructing the stiffening girders so it

can withstand the strong winds in the strait (which can gust up to 179 mph).

To reduce stiffening girder torsional

vibration caused by wind, stabilizing
plates were installed under the
median strip of the deck. The
stabilizers act to guide the wind,
reducing torsional vibration by
achieving a balance between
pressures on the bridge lower and
upper surfaces.

The main body of the anchorage contains 140,000 m3 of

concrete and weighs 350,000 tons.

each suspension cable is made of 36,830 wires of steel

The view from the bridge

The End