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Design and Evaluation of Experimental Bridges in Tennessee |
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| Authors: | Kyle P Scoble David P Chapman J Harold Deatherage Edwin G Burdette David W Goodpasture |
| Affiliation: | 1Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. E-mail: kscoble@utk.edu 2Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 (corresponding author). E-mail: dchapman100@gmail.com 3Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. E-mail: hdeath@utk.edu 4Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN 37996. E-mail: eburdett@utk.edu 5Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. E-mail: dwg@utk.edu |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the design and evaluates the adequacy of the moment connection of an experimental two-span highway bridge designed by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The Massman Drive Bridge is an experimental design that unifies the construction economy of simple span bridges and the structural economy of continuous span bridges. The experimental connection, consisting of cover plates and kicker wedge plates, is used to connect the two adjoining girders over the center pier. As a result, the bridge is designed to function as a continuous bridge during the deck pour and behave compositely with the reinforced concrete deck under the live load. After completing a moment comparison analysis, it is concluded that the Massman Drive Bridge indeed acts as continuous over the pier as it was designed. |
| Keywords: | Bridges Construction Design Connections Experimentation Tennessee |