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Stress ribbon and cable-supported pedestrian bridges

Article · January 2011

DOI: 10.1680/srcspb.41462

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Stress ribbon and cable-supported
pedestrian bridges

Jiri Strasky

ThomasTelford
 Contents

Foreword vii

1 Introduction 1

2 Structural systems and members 11

2.1 Structural systems 11
2.2 Structural members 20

3 Design criteria 29
3.1 Geometric conditions 29
3.2 Loads 31
3.3 Dynamics 31
3.3.1 Physiological effect of vibrations 32
3.3.2 Aerodynamic behaviour 33
3.3.3 Seismic design 34

4 Cable analysis 35
4.1 Single cable 35
4.2 Bending of the cable 41
4.3 Natural modes and frequencies 45

5 Effects of prestressing 47

6 Creep and shrinkage of concrete 53

7 Stress ribbon structures 61

7.1 Structural arrangement 61
7.2 Prestressed band 62
7.3 Piers and abutments 70
7.4 Transferring stress ribbon force into the soil 72
7.5 Erection of the deck 76
7.6 Static and dynamic analysis 80
7.7 Special arrangements 90
7.8 Stress ribbon supported by arch 95
7.9 Structures stiffened by external tendons 101
7.10 Static and dynamic loading tests 106
STRESS RIBBON AND CABLE-SUPPORTED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES

8 Suspension structures 115

8.1 Structural arrangement 115
8.2 Erection of structures 122
8.3 Static and dynamic analysis 129
8.3.1 The initial stage of an earth-anchored suspension structure 130
8.3.2 Analysis of suspension structures 132
8.3.3 Parametric study 134
8.3.4 Examples of analysis 137
8.3.5 Static and dynamic loading tests 139

9 Cable-stayed structures 141

9.1 Structural arrangement 141
9.2 Erection of structures 145
9.3 Static and dynamic analysis 147
9.3.1 Stay cables 148
9.3.2 Redistribution of stresses due to creep and shrinkage 151

10 Curved structures 155

11 Examples 161
11.1 Stress ribbon structures
11.1.1 Bircherweid Bridge, Switzerland 161
11.1.2 Lignon-Loex Bridge, Geneva, Switzerland 161
11.1.3 Freiburg Bridge, Germany 162
11.1.4 DS-L Bridges, Czech Republic 164
11.1.5 Sacramento River Trail Bridge, Redding, California, USA 169
11.1.6 Umenoki-Todoro Park Bridge, Japan 170
11.1.7 Yumetsuri Bridge, Japan 171
11.1.8 Tonbo No Hashi Bridge, Japan 173
11.1.9 Blue Valley Ranch Bridge, Colorado, USA 173
11.1.10 Rogue River Bridge, Grants Pass, Oregon, USA 174
11.1.11 Kikko Bridge, Japan 176
11.1.12 Kent Messenger Millennium Bridge, Maidstone, UK 177
11.1.13 Rosenstein II Bridge, Stuttgart, Germany 180
11.1.14 Phorzheim III Bridge, Germany 181
11.1.15 Punt da Suransuns Bridge, Switzerland 182
11.1.16 Bridge across freeway R3508 near Olomouc, Czech Republic 183
11.1.17 Tokimeki Bridge, Japan 185
11.1.18 Morino-Wakuwaku Bridge, Japan 186
11.2 Suspension structures 188
11.2.1 Bridges over the Segre River in Alt Urgell, Lerida, Spain 188
11.2.2 Max-Eyth-See Bridge, Stuttgart, Germany 189
11.2.3 Phorzheim I Bridge, Germany 191
11.2.4 Vranov Lake Bridge, Czech Republic 191
11.2.5 Willamette River Bridge, Eugene, Oregon, USA 194
11.2.6 McKenzie River Bridge, Eugene, Oregon, USA 196
11.2.7 Halgavor Bridge, UK 199
11.2.8 Bridge Kelheim, Germany 200

IV
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11.2.9 Bridge in Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany 201

11.2.10 Ishikawa Zoo Bridge, Japan 201
11.2.11 Shiosai Bridge, Japan 202
11.2.12 Ganmon Bridge, Japan 204
11.2.13 Ayumi Bridge, Japan 205
11.2.14 Tobu Bridge, Japan 206
11.2.15 Inachus Bridge, Japan 208
11.2.16 Johnson Creek Bridge, Oregon, USA 209
11.3 Cable-stayed structures 210
11.3.1 Neckar River Bridge, Mannheim, Germany 210
11.3.2 Scripps Crossing at UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA 210
11.3.3 Hungerford Bridge, London, UK 211
11.3.4 Bridge across freeway D47, Czech Republic 214
11.3.5 Lockmeadow Bridge, Maidstone, Kent, UK 214
11.3.6 Glorias Catalanas Bridge, Barcelona, Spain 216
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11.3.7 Rosewood Golf Club Bridge, Japan
218
11.3.8 Bridge across freeway Dl, Czech Republic

References 221

Index 225

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