Call number:
ZSP-201-80/25
In:
CRREL Report, 80-25
Description / Table of Contents:
Two new types of load cells for attachment to bridge piers and direct measurement of ice forces were developed and tested with one type being installed on a pier of the Yukon River Bridge northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. Both types of load cells used beams supported by base plates and carried nose plates that were loaded by the ice. The loads were imposed at the beams at locations differing from the support reactions so that the loads developed moments in the beams. By instrumenting them with strain gauges, the loads could be measured. Details of the design of the load cells, the means of calculating the loads and experience obtained with load cells are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
iii, 17 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
CRREL Report 80-25
URL:
https://cdm16021.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p266001coll1/id/6038
Language:
English
Note:
CONTENTS
Preface
Conversion factors
Introduction
Estimates and field measurements of ice forces on structures
General
Indirect estimates
Direct measurements
Small-scale and laboratory studies
Instrumentation plan for measuring ice loads on the Yukon River Bridge
Load cell development
The single reaction beam system
Performance of a single reaction beam load cell
The double reation beam load cell
Reaction beam design
Stress in the beam
Deflection
Axial tensile stress in the reaction beam
Measurement techniques
Conclusions
Literature cited
Appendix A. Finding load magnitude and location with a single reaction beam device
Appendix B. Finding load magnitude and location on a double reaction beam device
Location:
AWI Archive
Branch Library:
AWI Library
