INVESTIGATION OF VEHICLE IMPACT FORCE ON BRIDGE WITH ROUGH RIDING SURFACE

Abstract

Nowadays heavy vehicles constitute a considerable volume in the transportation flow on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and bridge inequalities significantly increase a load on their bearing elements and cause a vibration in bridge superstructures. This leads to rapid wear and reduction in time between bridge repairs. The given problem has been insufficiently studied and it is considered as an actual one. Revision of analytical models is required in order to make prediction and evaluation of bridge structure wear. These models must take into account a dynamic impact of heavy vehicles caused by their movement on bridge rough riding surface.

The purpose of scientific investigations is to develop a dynamic interactional model of a vehicle and a bridge plate. The paper proposes such dynamic model that permits to investigate impact forces of a heavy vehicle on bridge superstructures which have been initiated by bridge traffic-way inequalities. Weight of an vehicle and plate, rigidity and viscous damping of vehicle suspensions, a plate and piers have been taken into account while making the required calculations.

An analysis of free oscillatory motions of the plate and vehicle have been carried out with due account of viscous damping. A dynamic interactional calculation for a vehicle and a plate has been made in the paper. Character of plate oscillatory motions has been determined at various parameters of the dynamic model. In this case non-linearity of reinforced concrete plate deformation has been taken into account and its calculation has been executed in accordance with the norms of the Republic of Belarus. The calculations have made it possible to obtain dynamic interaction coefficients of front axle wheels and bridge plate at various bench heights and also investigate its influence on maximum bending moments in plate sections.