Abstract
As flexible structures, suspension bridges usually undergo significant deformation under live load when carrying rail traffic, jeopardizing the safety of passing trains. In engineering practice, suspension bridges with short extended spans have been applied to reduce the beam-end rotation angle under live load. However, the extended span layout is still determined empirically, and optimizing the span layout of such bridges to reduce maximum deformation under live load requires further investigation. This study proposes an analytical method for solving the maximum deformation responses of suspension bridges with extended spans under live load based on deflection theory and the extreme value analysis method. The proposed method can accurately solve the deformation responses of suspension bridges with extended spans caused by live load. It also allows one to analyze the most unfavorable live load distribution and the maximum deformation under live load, avoiding the redundant search process of the finite element method. Furthermore, the proposed method is applied to analyze the influence of the extended span layout on the maximum deformation responses under live load. The results show that adequately increasing the length of the first extended span and decreasing the length of the second extended span is beneficial to reduce the maximum beam-end rotation angle and the maximum curvature of the main beam.
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