Presented are requirements that an FRP deck must satisfy in order to function as part of the upper chord of the main bridge girders.
Questionnaire data confirmed that participants preferred deck C to deck A (t (23) = -2.62, p <.05 (two-tailed)), and their preference for deck B almost matched that for D at the end of the first stage (t (23) = 0.06, p =.95 (two-tailed)).
The bridge has a light weight of only approximately 1.2 tons and contains 8 structural units, which are composed of an aluminum bridge deck supported by FRP trussed members and connected by male jugs and female jaws based on the pre-tightened teeth connection (PTTC) technique.
The paper includes a description of the FRP deck, the dynamic testing and a summary of the performance of the deck.
A hybrid FRP-concrete deck on steel girders specimen was subjected to a series of service flexural loading tests under seven different loading conditions to capture the global response of the specimen, and to investigate the composite action of the bridge.
An experimental and analytical study was undertaken to assess the flexural behavior of a new fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) deck system.
Load testing was conducted after installation of the FRP deck to study its behavior.
Due to various advantages of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) decks, the FRP-steel composite girder system is being increasingly used in new bridge constructions as well as rehabilitation projects for old bridges.
A light-weight FRP deck was used, on an experimental basis, to replace a heavy deteriorated concrete deck improving the load rating of a 60-year old truss bridge located in Wellsburg, New York.
The development of connections in FRP decks is a somewhat complex process, which should take account of not only the structural performance and durability of the joint but also the ease of application and the tolerances this necessitates.
In a cellular FRP deck-on-beam bridge, the deck's load response is influenced by the cellular frame's local indeterminacy and by the global indeterminacy due to multiple beams at each support.
