Abstract
For the construction of composite steel-concrete decks of cable-stayed bridges, methods of erection and analysis have to be applied that, upon completion of the deck, accurately yield the prescribed dead load configuration of the deck regarding geometry and forces. During deck erection, no unwanted bending moments should be locked into the composite sections when the concrete slab is connected to the steel substructure. Such locked-in moments would bend the deck, cause concrete creep that is difficult to predict, and introduce the risk of deviations from the desired deck alignment and the corresponding distribution of forces. This paper presents a simple and practical method of erection and erection analysis for composite decks with precast concrete slabs. A two-step tensioning procedure of the stay cables is proposed that minimizes the effects of unwanted locked-in moments, making it easy to predict the geometry of the erection stages and to yield the desired dead load configuration of the deck. The method was successfully applied for the erection of the Ting Kau bridge in Hong Kong, a cable-stayed bridge of 1,200 m in length having a composite deck with a precast deck slab.
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