TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental and numerical characterization of a membrane material for orthotropic steel deck bridges
T2 - Part 1. Experimental work and data interpretation
AU - Medani, T. O.
AU - Liu, X.
AU - Huurman, M.
AU - Scarpas, A.
AU - Molenaar, A. A.A.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Preliminary analyses have shown that membrane materials, connecting mastic asphalt surfacings to plates of orthotropic steel deck bridges, play an extremely important role in determining the structural response of these types of bridges. This necessitates search for a realistic representation of the behaviour of membrane materials. For this purpose, an extensive experimental program was carried out, and a non-linear constitutive model was developed to describe the behaviour of a membrane material. This is the first of two papers on characterization of the behaviour of a bituminous-based membrane material in an orthotropic steel deck bridge. In this paper, results of an experimental program executed on a membrane material will be presented. In this program, the TU-Delft four-point shear test was used to characterize the response of a membrane material to shear and normal forces. In particular, the influence of temperature, deformation rate and confinement on the shear strength, the shear stiffness and the deformation at failure are identified.
AB - Preliminary analyses have shown that membrane materials, connecting mastic asphalt surfacings to plates of orthotropic steel deck bridges, play an extremely important role in determining the structural response of these types of bridges. This necessitates search for a realistic representation of the behaviour of membrane materials. For this purpose, an extensive experimental program was carried out, and a non-linear constitutive model was developed to describe the behaviour of a membrane material. This is the first of two papers on characterization of the behaviour of a bituminous-based membrane material in an orthotropic steel deck bridge. In this paper, results of an experimental program executed on a membrane material will be presented. In this program, the TU-Delft four-point shear test was used to characterize the response of a membrane material to shear and normal forces. In particular, the influence of temperature, deformation rate and confinement on the shear strength, the shear stiffness and the deformation at failure are identified.
KW - Constitutive model
KW - Four-point shear test
KW - Global model concept
KW - Membrane
KW - Orthotropic steel bridges
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=44249127211&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.finel.2008.01.013
DO - 10.1016/j.finel.2008.01.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44249127211
SN - 0168-874X
VL - 44
SP - 552
EP - 563
JO - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
JF - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
IS - 9-10
ER -