TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose During service period, the bridge structures will be affected by the environment and load, so the carrying capacity will decline. The purpose of this paper is to research on the bearing capacity of bridge structures with time.Design/methodology/approach Destructive test and non-linear finite element analysis are carried out by utilizing two pretensioning prestressed concrete hollow slabs in service for 20 years; using the structural test deflection value to simulate the stiffness degradation of the service bridge and the finite element calculation results verify the accuracy of the calculation.Findings The flexural rigidity of the main beam when the test beam is destructed is degraded to approximately 20 percent of that before the test, which agrees well with the result of finite element analysis and indicates that the method of deducing the flexural rigidity of the structure according to the measured deflection value can effectively simulate the rigidity degradation law of the bridge in service. The crack resistance property of the test beam degrades obviously and the ultimate bearing capacity of the bending resistance does not degrade obviously.Originality/value The research results truly reflect the destruction process, destructive form, bearing capacity and rigidity degradation law of the old beam of the concrete bridge in service for 20 years and can provide technical basis for optimization design of newly built bridges of the same type and maintenance and reinforcement design of existing old bridges.
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
SN  - 1757-9864
DO  - 10.1108/IJSI-07-2017-0043
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSI-07-2017-0043
AU  - Wang Jiawei
AU  - Zhang Guanhua
AU  - Liu Jinliang
AU  - Jia Yanmin
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Research on destructive test of pretensioning prestressed concrete hollow slab in service
T2  - International Journal of Structural Integrity
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 429
EP  - 441
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -