1. Innovative design approach of precast-prestressed girder bridges using ultra high performance concrete
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Almansour, H. and Lounis, Z.
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Concrete -- Mechanical properties -- Usage ,Engineering design -- Methods ,Bridges -- Design and construction -- Materials -- Equipment and supplies -- Mechanical properties ,Engineering and manufacturing industries - Abstract
The construction of new bridges and the maintenance and renewal of aging highway bridge network using ultra high performance concrete can lead to the construction of long life bridges that will require minimum maintenance resulting in low life cycle costs. Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a newly developed concrete material that provides very high strength and very low permeability to aggressive agents such as chlorides from de-icing salts or seawater. Ultra high performance concrete could enable major improvements over conventional high performance concrete (HFC) bridges in terms of structural efficiency, durability, and cost-effectiveness over the long term. A simplified design approach of concrete slab on UHPC girders bridge using the Canadian Highway Bridge Design code and the current recommendations for UHPC design is proposed. An illustrative example demonstrates that the use of UHPC in precast-prestressed concrete girders yields a more efficient design of the superstructure where considerable reduction in the number of girders and girder si/.e when compared to conventional HPC girders bridge with the same span length. Hence, UHPC results in a significant reduction in concrete volume and then weight of the superstructure, which in turn leads lo significant reduction in the dead load on the substructure, especially for the case of aging bridges, thus improving their performance. Key words: flexural design approach, precast-pre stressed bridge girder, performance-based design, ultra high performance concrete. La construction de nouveaux ponts ainsi que 1'entretien et la refection du reseau vieillissant des ponts autoroutiers par l'utilisation de beton a tres haute performance, peut conduire a la construction de ponts a longue duree de vie qui demanderont un minimum d'entretien, permettant ainsi de faibles coiits du cycle de vie. Le beton a ultra haute performance IBUHP) est un nouveau beton qui foumit line tres grande resistance et une tres faible permeabilite aux agents chimiques tels que les chlorures provenant des sels de deglacage et de 1'eau de mer. Le BUHP pourrait permettre de grandes ameliorations par rapport aux ponts conventionnels en beton haute performance en termes d'elTieaciie structurale, de durabiliie et de rentabilile a long lerme. L'article propose une approche simplifiee de conception des dalles de beton sur les ponts a poutres en UHPC en utilisant le Code canadien sur le calcul des ponts routiers et les recommandations courantes sur la conception des ouvrages en BUHP. Selon un exemple presente, l'utilisation des BL'HP dans les ponts en poutres de beton precontraint permet une conception plus efficace de la superstructure, permettant une reduction importante du nombre et de la taille des poutres par rapport aux ponts a poutres conventionnels en beton haute performance de la meme portee. Ainsi, les resultats de l'utilisation des BUHP engendrent une reduction importante du volume de beton et, ainsi, du poids de la superstructure. Ceci resulte en une reduction importante de la charge permanente sur 1'infrastructure, particulierement dans le cas des ponts vieillissants, ameliorant ainsi leur performance. Mots-des : approche conceptuelle de flexion, poutre de pont en beton precontraint, conception basee sur la performance, beton a tres haute performance. [Traduit par la Redaction], Introduction The recent developments in high and ultra high performance concrete and fast precast concrete construction technologies for highway bridges should be used to develop the new generation of high [...]
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- 2010
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