Network Tied Arches

Gregor Wollmann, HNTB

 Bolstadstraumen
Bridge (1963)

Per Tveit

http://home.uia.no/pert
http://www.network-arch.com
Fehmarnsundbridge (1963)
Blennerhassett Island Bridge Happy Hollow Park and Zoo

Lake Champlain Bridge Portal Bridge

Structural System
HINGE VERTICAL HANGERS

HINGE NETWORK HANGERS

 36.0 in (L/300)

Z X

3.3 in (L/3,200)

Maximum Live Load Deflection

Y

Z X
 21,900 kip-ft
VAL 2.188E+04
LOC 1.492E+00

32,200
VAL 3.222E+04
LOC 1.046E+00
VAL 4.170E+04
41,700
LOC 2.049E+00
Moment Z
Load HALF
FEET-KIP

Z X 23,800

Bending Moments With Vertical Hangers

Moment Z
Load HALF
 VAL 6.004E+03
6,000 kip-ft
LOC 8.852E-01

5,600
VAL 5.644E+03
VALLOC 1.150E+01
6,200
6.207E+03
LOC 1.846E+00
Moment Z
Load HALF
FEET-KIP

Z X

3,900
VAL 3.897E+03
LOC 1.255E+01
Bending Moments With
MomentNetwork
Z Hangers
Load HALF
FEET-KIP
 Design for Accidental Hangerloss

Pdyn = - AF ·Pstat

Equivalent static analysis:

• PTI Recommendations: AF = 2.0
• Dynamic analysis: AF = 1.58 – 1.81
13,800

16,100 kip-ft

Moment Z
Accidental Hangerloss Moments
Load HL474-1
FEET-KIP
Accidental Hangerloss
Accidental Hangerloss
 Deck Systems
and
Tie Girder Redundancy
Cross Section at Floorbeam
 PL 1 3/4
7'-0"

PL 1 1/8

4'-0"
TIE BEAM FRACTURED FRACTURED
CROSS SECTION WEB PLATE FLANGE PLATE

Stitched Tie Beam

Floorbeam – Tiebeam Connection
• fatigue
• lateral torsional buckling
Knuckle Joint
 Hangers
And Their
Connections
Hanger
Connections
hangers: 27 - 0.62” strands
individually sheathed and greased
Fatigue
Strength
Water Tightness
 4'-0"

5'-6"
Upper Hanger Connection
Lower Hanger
Connection
Full-Cable Stressing
Cable Spacers
Erection Engineering
and
Hanger Tuning
 270 ft

• Ribs: W14x109
• Ties: WT9 x 38
• Deck Post tensioning:
4 x 4-0.6 in. strands
• Bracing: WT9 x 38
13 ft • Cables: ¾-in. Wire Rope
Hanger Tuning
• Geometry
• Cable force
• Strand force
 Hanger Force Change
Constraint H-03 H-04 H-05 H-06 H-07 H-08 H-09 H-10
Upper Bound 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Lower Bound 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Value 7.8 13.0 3.4 11.5 7.9 11.1 15.8 24.9
PTN03 1.00 20.1 -8.2 -4.4 -0.8 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.5
PTN04 1.00 -9.7 31.3 -4.1 -4.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4
PTN05 1.00 -7.0 -5.6 24.7 -4.3 -5.8 -1.0 0.8 -0.2
Unit Load

PTN06 1.00 -1.4 -6.8 -4.6 33.5 -3.8 -5.9 0.3 -0.2
PTN07 1.00 1.8 0.8 -7.7 -4.7 27.6 -3.4 -6.7 0.2
PTN08 1.00 1.7 0.2 -1.4 -7.6 -3.5 33.4 -4.3 -6.4
PTN09 1.00 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.5 -8.1 -5.1 28.4 -3.4
PTN10 1.00 1.3 0.8 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 -7.7 -3.4 34.1

Hanger Tuning Influence Matrix

Unknown Load
Factor Utility
Construction
Methods
Stick Building
Tie-Downs at Pier
Arch Closure
Strut Adjustment Jacks
Strut Adjustment
Crew
Cable
Installation
Float-In
Launching
gwollmann@hntb.com