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Structural Behavior of a Two Span Reinforced Concrete Box Girder Bridge Model, Vol. I -- Design, Construction, Instrumentation and Loading

Bouwkamp, Jack G.; Scordelis, Alex C.; Wasti, Syed Tanvir

UCB/SESM-1971/05, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-04, 145 pages (500/C23/71/05)

Detailed study of the instrumentation, construction and testing of a large scale, two span, four cell, reinforced concrete box girder bridge model is presented. The selection of the model scale, the choice and location of instrumentation, and the system of data acquisition are discussed. A loading schedule incoporating the various types of loading, support conditions and stress levels is described. The two main theories for analyzing box girder bridge behavior - the folded plate and the finite element methods - are briefly described with reference to the bridge model. Experimental test results are provided in a second volume report.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-71-05.pdf (35 MB)