For a long-span prestressed concrete box-girder bridge erected by the double-cantilever segmental method, concrete of segmental joints and concrete in their nearby area may be different from integrally-cast concrete in structural performances. For example, the stiffness of segmental joints could be weakened significantly. To reveal influences of weakening in the stiffness of segmental joints on the deflection at mid-span of box girder, a typical continuous rigid frame bridge in China was taken as the analysis example, and its finite element models were established. In these models, weakening joints were simulated. After the validity of finite element models were warranted, the deflection in the completed construction stage and the long-term deflection in the running period of box girder were calculated, and then the variation of these deflections with the stiffness reduction in all segmental joints was described. Results showed that, compared with the shearing stiffness reduction in segmental joints, the bending stiffness reduction played more significant role in affecting the deflection of box girder. When the weakening times of joint stiffness arrived at 100, deflection values of the box girder increased significantly. However, in the practical engineering, the determination of stiffness reduction in segmental joints according by their damages, and the incorporation of weakening segmental joints into the bearing capacity assessment for existing box girders were all worth further study.
Stiff frame was the important structural member in construction of replacement of closure segment for prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridges. To establish the design calculation method of it and reveal its variation of internal forces with construction stages of replacement, some configurations and its working process of stiff frame was introduced. Based on construction stage analysis of replacement, calculation methods of its strength and stability were given. Through FEM results, influence of stiff frame to structural dynamic property and global stability of whole bridge were described. Analysis results showed, it was appropriate to consider each section steel of stiff frame as eccentric compression member. During construction, the transversal global property of stiff frame and the security of its link with main girder must be valued. Construction results also proved, the theoretical calculation method could reflect the actual structural state of stiff frame, and its result was conservative. Analysis on stiff frame was an important part of replacement of closure segment, and could provide ways and references for construction control of replacement of closure segment.
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