Residual stresses in a steel box girder bridge
Technical Note TN 110
Document Status
Current
Supplement
Civil & Structural Supplement
Series
Technical Note
Abstract
Summarises an investigation into the build-up of residual stresses during the construction of the Cleddau steel box girder bridge. Strain measurements were taken on selected plate panels and stiffeners at various stages of fabrication, site assembly and erection. The Note describes the different forms of residual stress and their relevance to box girder construction. A complex pattern of residual stress build-up was found. Stresses in individual plate panels and stiffeners were often substantially higher than average stress levels across a section. This has been put down to the influence of mechanisms of weld shrinkage other than those normally considered, and to the influence of other construction processes, particularly the methods of obtaining good fit-up.
ISBN
9780860171935
Subjects
- Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
- Transport facilities
- Bridges
- Steel in bridges
Publisher History
CIRIA was formerly known as the Construction Industry Research and Information Association. They are a member-based research and information organisation who publish reports and technical papers covering building and civil engineering as well as transport and utilities infrastructure.
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