To reduce the self-weight for concrete deck in steel-concrete composite bridge structures and to improve its anti-cracking performance, a new thin-walled hollow-section UHPC bridge deck structure was proposed. The overall thickness of the UHPC bridge deck is about 25 cm, and hollows, formed through metal bellows, are employed to reduce the self-weight of the bridge deck by about 30%. Meanwhile, since hollows are set at the neutral axial position of the bridge deck, the flexural stiffness of the hollow-section UHPC bridge deck is comparable to that of a 25 cm concrete bridge deck. The new bridge deck structure possesses advantages such as light self-weight, high flexural stiffness, and constructional convenience. To investigate the flexural performance of the new bridge deck, longitudinal and transverse specimens were tested. The longitudinal specimens varied in overall thickness (250 mm and 270 mm), while the transverse specimens varied in hollow net spacing (60 mm and 100 mm). Test results showed the following observations. 1) For the longitudinal specimens, when the overall deck thickness was increased from 250 mm to 270 mm, the nominal cracking strength corresponding to the maximum crack width of 0.05 mm at the bottom surface of UHPC exhibited an ignorable difference, while the flexural capacity was increased by 16.6%. 2) For the transverse specimens, when the net spacing between neighboring hollows was increased from 60 mm to 100 mm, the nominal cracking strength also exhibited a limited difference, and the flexural capacity was increased by 3%. 3) The moment-deflection curves of both longitudinal and transverse specimens exhibited three typical stages: elastic stage, crack development stage, and yielding stage, and the loading process was accompanied by the initiation and propagation of multiple cracks in UHPC, demonstrating a good deformation capacity for the specimens. Based on the test results, modified flexural capacity calculation formulas for the two types of specimens were proposed. The theoretical values showed errors within 3% compared to the test results, effectively predicting the flexural capacity of UHPC thin-walled hollow bridge decks in both longitudinal and transverse directions.
纵桥向和横桥向抗弯构件测点布置分别如图7及图8所示.测点主要包括以下几类:1)挠度测试.挠度通过千分表测得,布置在构件跨中及梁端位置,以观测构件的竖向位移[图7(a)、图8(a)];2)应变测试,包括UHPC应变和钢筋应变测试两类,其中,在浇筑UHPC前,先将待粘贴应变片位置的钢筋表面局部打磨平整,再粘贴应变片并预留外接导线,布置位置如图7(b)和图8(b)所示,UHPC应变片则布置在UHPC桥面板构件的顶面、底面和侧面,如图7(c)和图8(c)所示.此外,为掌握构件中裂缝的萌生和发展情况,每级加载中观测UHPC底面和侧面裂缝,采用裂缝观测仪进行观测,精度为0.01 mm.
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