Journal of Steel Structures & Construction

Experimental Study on the Steel-Concrete Composite Girder Joint of a Single Pylon Cable-Stayed Bridge

Abstract

Deng L

Hybrid girder cable-stayed bridges have been widely used around the world due to its advantages including the large-span viability of the main span with steel girder and the counterweight effect of the side span with concrete girder. The steel-concrete composite joint in hybrid girder cable-stayed bridges plays an important role in connecting the steel girder with the concrete girder and transferring the internal forces between two segments of different materials. Therefore, the performance and reliability of the composite joint is of great importance to such bridges. In order to examine the performance of the steel-concrete composite joint of a hybrid girder cable-stayed bridge with single pylon, a 1/4 scaled joint model was fabricated in the laboratory and static test was conducted. The stress distribution and the relative slip between concrete and steel under the combined action of axial force and bending moment were investigated. The test results showed that the maximum stresses of the steel and concrete components are within the allowable limits and the internal forces can be transferred smoothly between the steel girder and the concrete girder via the composite joint. The findings from this study provide useful reference and guidance for the design and testing of steel-concrete composite joints in hybrid girder cable-stayed bridges.