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C. Melbourne and S. Njumbe

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

doi:10.4203/ccp.48.9.1

C. Melbourne, S. Njumbe, "Mass Concrete Arches", in B.H.V. Topping, M.B. Leeming, (Editors), "Innovation in Civil and Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 285-292, 1997. doi:10.4203/ccp.48.9.1

Abstract

This paper explains briefly how to produce the modern equivalent of a traditional masonry arch bridge using mass concrete with plastic inclusions. It discusses the results obtained from field tests of one such bridge-Monk New Bridge. The field test highlighted that the nature of load transfer in the vicinity of the inclusion was not well understood. A prism model of an inclusion concrete unit was therefore devised and subjected to different line loads to study the load transfer phenomenon. In parallel with the laboratory tests programme, finite element modeling was conducted using ANSYS 5.3. The preliminary findings of the research programme are presented in this paper and conclusions are drawn that will aid the designer.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 48 INNOVATION IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and M.B. Leeming Paper IX.1 Mass Concrete Arches C. Melbourne and S. Njumbe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom doi:10.4203/ccp.48.9.1 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper C. Melbourne, S. Njumbe, "Mass Concrete Arches", in B.H.V. Topping, M.B. Leeming, (Editors), "Innovation in Civil and Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 285-292, 1997. doi:10.4203/ccp.48.9.1 Abstract This paper explains briefly how to produce the modern equivalent of a traditional masonry arch bridge using mass concrete with plastic inclusions. It discusses the results obtained from field tests of one such bridge-Monk New Bridge. The field test highlighted that the nature of load transfer in the vicinity of the inclusion was not well understood. A prism model of an inclusion concrete unit was therefore devised and subjected to different line loads to study the load transfer phenomenon. In parallel with the laboratory tests programme, finite element modeling was conducted using ANSYS 5.3. The preliminary findings of the research programme are presented in this paper and conclusions are drawn that will aid the designer. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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