Zur Schadensverteilung des durch Spannungsriss korrosion geschädigten vergüteten Spannstahls bei Brückenbauwerken

Die Aussagekraft der rechnerischen Untersuchung zur Abschätzung des Gefährdungspotentials infolge Spannungsrisskorrosion hängt entscheidend von den Annahmen zu Schädigungsverlauf und —verteilung des Spannstahls ab. Mit systematischer Untersuchung des aus einem Bauwerk entnommenen Spannstahls konnte festgestellt werden, dass die bisher angenommene Schadenskonzentration an einer Stelle, welche zum Ausfall des gesamten Spannglieds führt, sehr wenig wahrscheinlich ist. Viel wahrscheinlicher ist die drahtweise Schädigung mit unbegrenzter Anzahl der Risse über die gesamte Drahtlänge. Weiterhin ist keine Korrelation zwischen chemischer Zusammensetzung des Spannstahls bzw. zwischen Zusammensetzung des Verpressmörtels und der Versprödung des Spannstahls feststellbar. Weitere Untersuchungen zur Bestätigung der gewonnenen Ergebnisse sind wünschenswert. Damage distribution of hardened and tempered prestressing steel dues to stress corrosion in prestressed concrete bridges. The accuracy of the analysis to estimate the hazard potential due to the stress corrosion depends strongly on the assumption of the damage distribution and the damage progress of the prestressing steel in the constructions. Through a systematic test of the prestressing steel, which is taken from an old bridge, it is shown that the traditional assumption of a damage concentration with the breakdown of the whole tendon is less probable. Instead, the damage of single wires over its total length with unlimited number of cracks is considerably more probable. Furthermore, no correlation between the chemical compositions or mixtures of the grout and the brittleness of the prestressing steel is found. More investigations to check these results obtained in this study are preferable.     

Schädigung einer schlaff bewehrten Betonbrücke durch Verkehrsbelastung

Evaluation of Damage Due to Traffic on a Reinforced Concrete Bridge An investigation of the damage caused by road traffic on a reinforced concrete bridge was performed. Focus was given to damage induced by extra‐heavy vehicles. A damage model based on fatigue of reinforcement bars was employed. The stress cycles in the reinforcement bars were determined using measurements of the crack widths under traffic loading which were analysed using the rainflow method and Miner's rule. A monitoring system was mounted and used for seven weeks continuously to collect input data for the damage model. Computer software was developed to process the monitoring data in the sense of the damage model. The results indicate that a singular passage of an extraheavy vehicle over the investigated bridge causes damage equivalent to the damage caused by one day of average weekly traffic. The described method was developed and used for the first time in the described project.