HUANG Haidong, XIANG Zhongfu, ZHENG Jielian. Analysis of Differential Shrinkage Deflection for PC Boxgirder Bridges[J]. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009, 31(4): 60-65.
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HUANG Haidong, XIANG Zhongfu, ZHENG Jielian. Analysis of Differential Shrinkage Deflection for PC Boxgirder Bridges[J]. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009, 31(4): 60-65. DOI: 10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2009.04.012.
Analysis of Differential Shrinkage Deflection for PC Boxgirder Bridges
The long term deflection behavior of longspan continuous rigid frame bridges has often attracted the attentions in engineering field. Based on the moisture diffusion theory
the calculation method of differential shrinkage deflection was proposed for PC boxgirder bridges. Finite Element Method(FEM) model of 2D moisture field were established for typical cross sections of a case bridge. And the distribution law and the timevariation characteristics of moisture field were analyzed. Through the deformation coupling condition of moisture field
the drying shrinkage deflection of the bridge was calculated and analyzed. It was found that the differential shrinkage deformation was significant and great error would be with the conventional method. When considering the effect of differential shrinkage
the deflection in midspan was 3.1cm larger than that of the conventional method. Thus
the differential shrinkage was the main reason for long term deflection of longspan continuous rigid frame bridges.