Abstract

This study aims to investigate the dynamic Load allowance variation (DLA) of dynamic tank Loads and compare it with Iraq's standard specifications for road bridges. DLA is considered a simple measurement of the dynamic variation magnitude of the tank load for a specific combination of road roughness and speed. In addition to determining the stochastic dynamic response of the bridge. Al-Awsej bridge in Iraq, with a span of 33.2 m and a principal road with four pavement roughness classes (very good, good, average, and poor), was proposed as a case study in this analysis. A spectral closed-form solution was used for evaluating the dynamic tank load due to the passage of a tank type-72A at a constant speed of 40,50,60 and 70 km/hr along a bridge with different types of rough pavement surface. The results show the less value of DLA for very good pavement at 40 km/hr is about 0.032, and the largest value is about 0.293 at 70 km/hr for poor pavement. Also, road surface roughness greatly influences vehicle-bridge interactions and bridge responses. Where at 40 km/hr, the Root mean square of bridge deflection range from 0.31 to 2.75 mm and 0.39 to 3.14 mm at 70 km/hr.

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