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Deformacje powłoki mostu wykonanej z blach falistych podczas zasypywania gruntem
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2010) Bęben, Damian
This paper is presented the numerical analysis of corrugated steel plates (CSP) bridge during backfilling. Obtained calculations results were compared with the experimental ones. The analyzed bridge has a box structure and an effective span of 12.315 m as well as a clear height of 3.555 m. The paper is presented the application of the FLAC (Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua) program based on finite differences method (FDM) to determine behavior of the soil-steel bridge structure during backfilling. The assumptions of computational 2D model of soil-steel bridge structure with interface elements are also described. The method based on this computational model may be used with large success to design calculations of this specific type of structures instead of the conventional and little accurate analytical methods. The conclusions drawn from such analysis can be helpful mostly for the assessment of the behavior of the steel-soil bridge structures under load of backfilling. In consideration of an even more frequent application of this type of structure in for small and middle-sized road and railway bridges in Poland and in the world, conclusions of conducted analysis can be generalized to whole class of similar soil-steel bridge solutions.