Jointless Concrete Bridges – Development of a Flexible Abutment
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Bibliografische Angaben
| Autor(en): |
Michael Pötzl
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| Medium: | Tagungsbeitrag | ||||
| Sprache(n): | Englisch | ||||
| Tagung: | IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007 | ||||
| Veröffentlicht in: | IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007 | ||||
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| Seite(n): | 310-313 | ||||
| Anzahl der Seiten (im PDF): | 7 | ||||
| Jahr: | 2007 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137807796158057 | ||||
| Abstrakt: |
For bigger concrete bridges the jointless construction hasn’t been established up to now. Concerns regarding the durability still exist since constraint stresses as a result of temperature alterations and shrinkage lead to crack initiation. With the use of the new flexible abutment these restraint stresses and occurring cracks can be reduced significantly. An efficient decoupling of abutment and subsoil is reached by introducing a buffer layer of polystyrene and a geogrid reinforced backfill. Full size tests and non linear calculations show that only little deformations arise at the backfill material. |
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| Stichwörter: |
Widerlager
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