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A new steel/concrete composite bridge using continuous-span steel H-girders and RC slabs has been developed for short span highway bridges, offering competitive and economical advantages. Experiments and a non-linear FE model demonstrated high bending strength, ductility, and compliance with safety standards for spans up to 50m. The bridge design also showed sufficient seismic resistance, making it a viable alternative to conventional bridge types.

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Abstract

A new steel/concrete composite bridge using continuous-span steel H-girders and RC slabs has been developed for short span highway bridges, offering competitive and economical advantages. Experiments and a non-linear FE model demonstrated high bending strength, ductility, and compliance with safety standards for spans up to 50m. The bridge design also showed sufficient seismic resistance, making it a viable alternative to conventional bridge types.

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Abstract:

The girder bridge using steel rolled H-beams seems to be competitive and economical
for short span highway bridges due to low material and fabrication costs. To extend the
span length and minimize the construction and maintenance cost, a new steel/concrete
composite bridge was developed using the steel rolled H-beam.

The new bridge form has continuous-span steel H-girders which are composite with the
RC slabs to resist positive bending moments at span-center. At intermediate supports
the steel H-girders are rigidly connected with the RC piers and the steel H-girders are
also strengthened by being covered and encased with the RC section, which resist the
negative bending moments. The proposed composite girder bridge is basically a
multi-span rigid frame structure with a steel reinforced composite section (SRC) and is
expected to be very competitive and economical compared with the conventional plate
girder, RC & PC bridges.

Experiments were conducted with the partial bridge model, showing that a new SRC
structural form has high bending strength and good ductile property. A non-linear FE
model was developed to simulate the experiments, showing that displacements and
strains obtained by FEM agreed well with test results. A trial design was conducted with
a highway bridge model with a maximum span length of 50m, showing that the
proposed bridge satisfied the required safety and serviceability. Dynamic analysis was
conducted with the ultra-strong earthquake considering material non-linearity, showing
that the new bridge form had sufficient ultimate strength and ductility. This study
showed that the proposed steel-concrete composite girder bridge was structurally
rational, feasible and economical. It also had sufficient seismic resistance. The
applicable span length can be extended up to 50m with this new bridge form.

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