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Replacement of Bearings in The Golden Horn Bridge PDF
Replacement of Bearings in The Golden Horn Bridge PDF
Turkey
Masahiro Yanagihara, Civil Eng.
Toshimitsu Matsuzawa, Civil Eng.
Mizsuhiro Kudo, Civil Eng.
Turgay Turker, Civil Eng.
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
A1 P4 P5 P6
A2
P1 P2 P3 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
New bridge
P9a A3
P10a
Fig. 2: General view of the bridges
Selection of New Bearing Type Bridge Pier Dead load Live load Design reaction Actual reaction
(MN) (MN) (MN) (MN)
To decide on the type of new bearings,
the following conditions were consid- Steel bridge P1 8.10 7.43 15.5 7.87
ered. The height of the new bearings P2 7.55 6.68 14.2 7.08
should be lower than that of the old P3 8.76 7.20 16.0 7.99
ones in order to minimise the site P4 8.14 7.14 15.3 7.30
works. The transmission of forces, es- P5 9.47 7.60 17.1 9.13
pecially horizontal forces, between the P6 8.48 7.72 16.2 7.53
new bearing system and the old parts P7 7.84 7.96 15.8 7.30
of the bearing should be considered P8 4.08 4.25 8.33 3.65
carefully. The stability of the substruc- Concrete P8-N1 4.89 1.82 6.71 3.14
tures should be checked, because the viaduct P9-N1 6.93 2.21 9.14 7.08
friction forces of the new bearings and P9-N2 6.93 1.83 8.76 10.7
the eccentric load due to movement of P9-S3 6.28 1.94 8.22 11.4
the superstructure will be increased. P9-S4 6.28 2.37 8.65 11.2
P10-N1 6.15 2.13 8.28 11.2
P10-N2 6.15 1.74 7.89 6.85
Bearing Replacement Works P10-S3 5.67 1.85 7.52 6.85
P10-S4 5.67 2.28 7.95 8.90
Conditions P11-N1 6.36 2.10 8.46 9.13
P12-N1 8.24 2.27 10.51 9.81
The bridge is under the heavy traffic,
which could not be interrupted during
Table 1: Reaction forces at the piers
The roller bearings of the steel bridge [2] NARUSE, T. Design of Golden Horn Bridge
(Turkey). Ishikawajima-Harima Engineering
were replaced as follows (Fig. 6).
Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1974.
The scaffolding was installed around [3] YANAGIHARA, M. Renovation and Widen-
the pier, and the pier top was levelled ing Project for Golden Horn Bridge. Ishikawajima-
with mortar to allow installation of the Fig. 7: Installation of bearing Harima Engineering Review, Vol. 31, No. 1, 1998.