Structure for relieving cracking of steel bridge deck
AssigneeChina Railway Construction Bridge
InventorsJian Zhao, Peng Liu, Luming An, Yixuan Chen, Guannan Zhou, Yuanqing Wang, Lilong Fan, Pengzhi Zhang, Yintao Liu, Hongping Lu, Xianyu Ji
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Abstract
A structure for relieving cracking of a steel bridge deck, which comprises a steel bridge deck and a plurality of U-ribs welded and fixed to a bottom of the steel bridge deck, and further comprises an iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) fixing unit, a filling unit, a structural layer, and a test wire. A Fe-SMA having a restoration capability in the case of heating is used and formed into a honeycomb structure.
Claims8
A structure for relieving cracking of a steel bridge deck, comprising a steel bridge deck and a plurality of U-ribs welded and fixed to a bottom of the steel bridge deck, and further comprising a plurality of iron-based shape memory alloy fixing units, filling units, a structural layer, and test wires;
- the plurality of Fe-SMA fixing units are arranged in a length direction of the steel bridge deck, and each Fe-SMA fixing unit is arranged at a top of the steel bridge deck and above a welding connection part between the corresponding U-rib and the steel bridge deck;
- a reserved filling space is defined between two adjacent Fe-SMA fixing units;
- the filling unit is arranged in the reserved filling space;
- the structural layer is arranged at tops of the Fe-SMA fixing unit and the filling unit;
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- positive and negative wiring holes are formed in the structural layer;
- and the test wires include a positive test wire and a negative test wire, wherein the positive test wire penetrates through the positive and negative wiring holes and electrically connects to one ends of each set of Fe-SMA fixing units respectively, and the negative test wire penetrates through the positive and negative wiring holes and electrically connects to the other ends of each set of Fe-SMA fixing units respectively.
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