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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 35, Number 1, April10 2020, pages 29-41 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2020.35.1.029 |
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Analysis of rotational end restraint for cross-beams of railway through truss bridges |
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Wojciech Siekierski
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| Abstract | ||
| Cross-beams of modern through truss bridges are connected to truss chord at its nodes and between them. It results in variable rotational end restraint for cross-beams, thus variable bending moment distribution. This feature is captured in three-dimensional modelling of through truss bridge structure. However, for preliminary design or rapid assessment of service load effects such technique of analysis may not be available. So an analytical method of assessment of rotational end restraint for cross-beam of through truss bridges was worked out. Two cases – nodal cross-beam and inter-nodal cross-beam – were analyzed. Flexural and torsional stiffness of truss members, flexural stiffness of deck members and axial stiffness of wind bracing members in the vicinity of the analyzed cross-beam were taken into account. The provision for reduced stiffness of the X-type wind bracing was made. Finally, general formula for assessment of rotational end restraint was given. Rotational end restraints for cross-beams of three railway through truss bridges were assessed basing on the analytical method and the finite element method (three-dimensional beam-element modelling). Results of both methods show good agreement. The analytical method is able to reflect effects of some structural irregularities. On the basis of the obtained results the general values of rotational end restraint for nodal and inter-nodal cross-beams of railway through truss bridges were suggested. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| rotational end restraint; cross-beam; through truss bridge | ||
| Address | ||
| Wojciech Siekierski: Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Civil Engineering ul. Piotrowo 5, 61-138 Poznań, Poland | ||