Abstract
Cable truss usage allows developing bridges with reduced requirements for girder stiffness, where overall bridge rigidity is ensured by prestressing of the stabilization cable. The advantages of prestressed suspension trusses to provide required stiffness without massive stiffness girders and the ability of cross-laminated timber to behave in both directions are combined in the analysed structure. Prestressed cable truss with coincident (unclear meaning, difficult to translate) in the centre point of the span main and stabilization cables and vertical suspenders only was considered as the main load carrying system in the considered structure of suspension bridge. Two numerical models evaluated influence of cross-laminated timber deck on the behaviour of prestressed cable truss. Two physical models of the structure with the span equal to 2 m were developed for verification of the numerical models. The first physical model was developed for the case, when panels of the deck are placed without clearances and behaving in the longitudinal direction in compression so as in the transversal direction in bending. The second physical model was developed for the case when panels of the deck are placed with clearances and are behaving in the transverse direction in bending only. The dependences of maximum vertical displacements and horizontal support reaction of the cable truss on the intensity of vertical load in cases of symmetric and unsymmetrical loading were obtained for both physical models. Possibility to decrease the cable truss materials consumption by 17% by taking into accountcombined work of prestressed cable trusses and cross-laminated timber panels was stated.
Highlights
One of the possible ways to solve the problem of limited raw material and energy resources is an increasing in structural efficiency, obtained by using of renewable structural materials and decreasing the structural dead weight, increasing of span and durability of load carrying structures
The results show that the support reaction was decreased less for the second model, meaning the loadbearing cable was loaded less, while the applied load was the same
Two numerical models of the structures were developed to describe the behaviour of the physical models. 3D numerical model described the behaviour of the structure with the deck behaving in both directions
Summary
One of the possible ways to solve the problem of limited raw material and energy resources is an increasing in structural efficiency, obtained by using of renewable structural materials and decreasing the structural dead weight, increasing of span and durability of load carrying structures. Prestressed cable truss with coincident in the centre point of the span main and stabilization cables and vertical suspenders only was considered as the primary load carrying system in the considered structure of suspension bridge. Suspension bridge with prestressed cable trusses with coincident in the centre point of the span main and stabilization cables and vertical suspenders only and deck consisting of the cross-laminated timber panels is close to the mentioned above cable roof by its working principle. Possibilities to decrease materials consumption of suspension bridge will be analysed by the evaluation of the influence of cross-laminated timber panel’s deck on the behaviour of the prestressed cable trusses. The paper aims to evaluate the influence of cross-laminated timber deck on the behaviour of prestressed cable truss in a suspension bridge. The possibility to decrease materials consumption for the considered structure of prestressed suspension bridge will be evaluated
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