Frame Concrete Bridges 19

deep at the crown and 4 ft. 3 in. deep at the corner joints. It will be
assumed that the intrados of the deck is a parabola* and that the
moments of inertia are proportional to the cube of the depth.
The deck coefncientst will be selected from Chart (page 15). II
Enter the diagram with
4.25 - 1.75
a *
1.75

and find S = 16.25 and rS = 12. The stiffness of the deck at b, or

the moment at b necessary to give bc a unit rotation at b when c is fixed, is

S X
I , or proportional to 16.25
1.753
= 1.45.
^ X-^—
The carry-over factor, r, equals
rS 12
0.74.
S 16.25

The end wall element in Fig. 7 is a trapezoid with a theoretical height

of 17 ft. 10J^ in. confined by two straight lines 2 ft. 6 in. apart at a and
4 ft. 3 in. apart at b. Enter Chart III (page 15) with

d
J# =" 4.25
- 2.50
= „ „„
°-7°
2.50

and find Sb = 13.3, Sa = 6.0, raSa = = 4.4. The stiffness at b

when o is fixed is Sb X I/L. When a is hinged, as in this frame, it can
be shown that the stiffness at b is

- rJb) -
£<1

X(l

S„ X = 13.3 X 10.1 X ^
1334^60)
or proportional to

2.503
101 x ilM
= 83
8

The relative stiffness in per cent at then

is
b

1.45
... 0 QO X 100 = 14.1 for the deck and
',
,

1.45 + o.od
83
8

. , 0 co X 100 = 85.9 for the wall.

',
,

1.45 + o.od

♦Thedeck element Bhown with straight extrados and parabolic intrados in Fig. and Chart II. Actually,
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the elementsfor which Chart II prepared have straight deck centerline with respect to which the extrados
is

and intrados are assumedto be symmetric.

tCoefficients here and in the following have been given with an accuracy greater than that generally
required. The greater accuracy desirable for the purpose of demonstration.
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