Title: Field Measurement of End Support Reactions of a Continuous Multi-Girder Skew Bridge

Author(s): Amin Ghali, J.M. Strong, and K.J. Bathe

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 26

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 260-271

Keywords: bridge bearings; bridges (structural); composite beams; composite construction concrete and steel); continuity (structural); field tests; girders; skew bridges

DOI: 10.14359/17980

Date: 1/1/1971

Abstract:
The reactions at the end bearings of an actual 8-span, 7-girder composite skew bridge are determined experimentally due to self weight and due to a 20-ton truck load. The results are compared with theoretical calculations which involve several assumptions. The investigation is intended to examine the vailidity of the assumptions involved in the analysis.