<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents several theoretical issues regarding the behaviour and calculus of the connections made with end plates and bolts, including the cover plate for the tensile stress flange. An example for calculating the hybrid connection solution is also provided, when end plates are joined together with bolts and an additional cover plate over the joint area, at the elongated flange of the girder, a solution applied for a bridge for which the feasibility study was performed.</p></abstract>

This paper presents several theoretical issues regarding the behaviour and calculus of the connections made with end plates and bolts, including the cover plate for the tensile stress flange. An example for calculating the hybrid connection solution is also provided, when end plates are joined together with bolts and an additional cover plate over the joint area, at the elongated flange of the girder, a solution applied for a bridge for which the feasibility study was performed.

Behaviour Analysis of a Cross-Girder to Tie-Girder Connection at a Road Bridge Structure

Ovidius University Annals of Constanta - Series Civil Engineering

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This paper presents several theoretical issues regarding the behaviour and calculus of the connections made with end plates and bolts, including the cover...

Behaviour Analysis of a Cross-Girder to Tie-Girder Connection at a Road Bridge Structure

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2020

Páginas: 33 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ouacsce-2020-0004

Palabras clave
arch steel bridges, bolts (non-prestressed/prestressed), girder-tie connection, rigid and flexible end plate

© 2020 Mircea Suciu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Behaviour Analysis of a Cross-Girder to Tie-Girder Connection at a Road Bridge Structure

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2020

Páginas: 33 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ouacsce-2020-0004

Palabras clavearch steel bridges, bolts (non-prestressed/prestressed), girder-tie connection, rigid and flexible end plate

© 2020 Mircea Suciu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
arch steel bridges, bolts (non-prestressed/prestressed), girder-tie connection, rigid and flexible end plate