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Realistic Modeling of Thermal Effects in Concrete Bridges

Larsson, Carl and Svensson, Gustav (2013)
Civil Engineering (M.Sc.Eng.)
Division of Structural Engineering
Abstract
Thermal actions have a signicant eect on bridge structures and can at some sections account for more than 20% of the reinforcement. Such actions are especially important in certain types of concrete bridges, e.g. portal frame bridges. Thermal actions dier from other load types considered during bridge design through being a constraining load. A temperature prole can be divided into a uniform part that aect the bridge with a
linear expansion and a non-uniform part that will induce an arch shape of the bridge deck. Using the current building code, thermal actions can account for more than 20% of the total demand of reinforcement at midsection making them so large that they cannot be neglected. This makes thermal actions in bridge design... (More)
Thermal actions have a signicant eect on bridge structures and can at some sections account for more than 20% of the reinforcement. Such actions are especially important in certain types of concrete bridges, e.g. portal frame bridges. Thermal actions dier from other load types considered during bridge design through being a constraining load. A temperature prole can be divided into a uniform part that aect the bridge with a
linear expansion and a non-uniform part that will induce an arch shape of the bridge deck. Using the current building code, thermal actions can account for more than 20% of the total demand of reinforcement at midsection making them so large that they cannot be neglected. This makes thermal actions in bridge design interesting for further investigation. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Carl and Svensson, Gustav
supervisor
organization
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
Temperature, Thermal, Eurocode, Simulation, Realistic, Concrete, Bridge, Modeling, Effects, Cracking, Load, Design
report number
TVBK-5223
ISSN
0349-4969
language
English
additional info
Examiner:
Tord Isaksson, Dr.
id
4461221
date added to LUP
2014-06-12 15:34:34
date last changed
2014-06-12 15:34:34
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  abstract     = {{Thermal actions have a signicant eect on bridge structures and can at some sections account for more than 20% of the reinforcement. Such actions are especially important in certain types of concrete bridges, e.g. portal frame bridges. Thermal actions dier from other load types considered during bridge design through being a constraining load. A temperature prole can be divided into a uniform part that aect the bridge with a
linear expansion and a non-uniform part that will induce an arch shape of the bridge deck. Using the current building code, thermal actions can account for more than 20% of the total demand of reinforcement at midsection making them so large that they cannot be neglected. This makes thermal actions in bridge design interesting for further investigation.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Carl and Svensson, Gustav}},
  issn         = {{0349-4969}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Realistic Modeling of Thermal Effects in Concrete Bridges}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}