The search for sustainable parameters for steel-reinforced concrete section of a bridge superstructure

Abstract

The article contains the description of an efficient lightweight steel-reinforced concrete bridge superstructure, which includes metal blocks with a box-like section and reinforced concrete efficient roadway slab. Metal blocks are made of sheet perforated elements manufactured according to the no-waste technology. The blocks are interconnected as a single space bridge superstructure frame by means of high strength bolts. The reinforced concrete slab of the roadway is an efficient hollow slab. It includes upper and lower housing, inner ribs placed with a particular pitch, and all its remained part is filled with polystyrene foam extractable fillers along its height. At this, a rib height is equal to the full slab height. The metal and reinforced concrete parts are linked by means of a special system of shearing connections. The article describes an iteration algorithm of the construction enhancement, in course of which the geometrical parameters, such as bridge superstructure section full height, reinforced concrete slab thickness and a construction metal part height were defined. Theoretical models being the ground for the strain-stress state (SSS) of the sections studied analysis were developed.