Can anyone suggest literature for "effects of shear diaphragm stiffness on dynamic behavior of straight beams/girders".I couldn't able to find out anything related to shear diaphragm stiffness effect on natural frequency of beams/girders.
Can anybody give me guidence (or suggest any book) for design of lateral (wind) bracing of bridge girders.How we can incorporate/add wind load in to the load calculations during construction i.e before placement of concrete deck?
Thanks for your valuable reply and time.I have one more question how you will calculate the deflection during construction /(i.e without concrete deck)suppose we have wind speed of 100m/hr ,5 girders,bridge span
200ft,crossframe/diaphragm spacing 25ft and any girder section but no concrete deck...
Hi all, Is there any way (the formula/any check/limit) to calculate the lateral deflection of bridge girders due to wind only.It will be very helpful if anyone gives me guidelines to calculate the latearl deflection.
Hello all,cross-frames are genearlly used for providing lateral stability to BRIDGE GIRDERS but my question is what is the actual design procedure for lateral (wind)stability of bridge girders prior to pouring of deck using cross-frames.I do know the design procedure after deck is formed but...
