Describing the behaviour of a bitumen-based membrane for orthotropic steel deck bridges

T. O. Medani, X. Y. Liu, A. Scarpas, M. Huurman, A. A.A. Molenaar

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Abstract

Preliminary analyses have shown that membrane materials play quite an important role in determining the structural response of orthotropic steel deck bridges. This necessitates search for a realistic representation of the behaviour of the membrane material. For this purpose, a Desai type material model was selected to describe the response of the membrane material to any state of stress. In this contribution, a procedure to determine the parameters of the material model using "the global model concept" from results of the four-point shear tests will be described. The constitutive model is verified by simulating laboratory tests. Some numerical examples of the application of the model are also given.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationAdvanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials
Pages1337-1350
Number of pages14
StatePublished - 2007
EventInternational Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials - Athens, Greece
Duration: 20 Jun 200722 Jun 2007

Publication series

NameAdvanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period20/06/0722/06/07

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