Influência da Velocidade, do Espaçamento e do Número de Veículos sobre a Resposta Dinâmica de Pontes Rodoviárias de Concreto Armado.

Abstract

In this investigation the dynamic effects induced by the vehicles crossing on the irregular pavement surfaces of reinforced concrete highway bridge decks were evaluated. The mathematical model considered the participation of the mass and stiffness of the vehicles in the definition of the system natural frequencies. The vehicle-bridge mathematical model includes the interaction between the vehicles and bridge dynamical properties. The bridge deck was modelled using beam finite elements with concentrated masses and distributed stiffness. The vehicle model was based on the Brazilian code NBR 7188 standard vehicle TB-12. This vehicle was simulated as mass-spring-damper system and the degrees of freedom of these cars are defined as in plane vertical translations and rotations. The deck surface roughness was defined by a non-deterministic model based on the spectral density of the pavement. The moving load is formed by an infinite succession of vehicles equally spaced and with constant velocity. Only the steady-state response was considered. The dynamic response of two existing structural models corresponding to reinforced concrete highway bridge decks was investigated in terms of displacements and efforts. The conclusions have shown the influence of the velocity, spacing and number of vehicles on the bridges dynamic response. The magnitude of the response amplification due to the surface irregularities was investigated.