High Performance Joints for Concrete Bridge Applications
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Structural Engineering International
- Vol. 13 (1), 69-75
- https://doi.org/10.2749/101686603777964982
Abstract
A new concept for high performance connections between prefabricated concrete elements in bridges has been investigated at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. The goal has been to design a joint that makes the surrounding elements continuous, but still a small joint that is easy and fast to produce, thus rendering the joint extremely suitable for use in industrial bridge concepts. A special steel fibre-reinforced, high performance concrete is used in the joint. Several laboratory tests have been conducted as well as finite element (FE) analysis, confirming very satisfactory performance of the joint concept. A brief presentation of the concept and the laboratory test is given, with evaluations of the finite element analysis.Keywords
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