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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2020
University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, CN;
Yi Zhou, Beijing, CN;
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
A method for calculating a temperature-dependent mid-span vertical displacement of a girder bridge includes: setting a joint rotation of a main girder at each support as an unknown quantity, and establishing an equation according to a bending moment equilibrium condition at the joint; then introducing a sequence to establish a quantitative relationship between each unknown quantity; substituting the relationship into the equation, to obtain an analytical formula for a rotation at each joint; establishing an analytical formula for a bending moment at each joint through a principle of superposition; and finally, establishing an analytical formula for a mid-span vertical displacement of each span girder through a principle of virtual work. This method provides an analytical formula with exact solutions for prismatic girder bridges which have equal side spans yet have any number of spans.