Category: Graduate Student Seminar Extending Maximum Length of the Folded Steel Plate Girder Bridge System (FSPGBS), exceeding 100 ft. with Capability to Incorporate Camber

January 31, 2020 1:00 pm

In this quarterly Research Seminar, Atorod Azizinamini, Ph.D., P.E., Principal Investigator; and Faheem Afzal, Ph.D. student, present work under the ABC-UTC research project entitled Extending Maximum Length of the Folded Steel Plate Girder Bridge System (FSPGBS), exceeding 100 ft. with Capability to Incorporate Camber conducted at Florida International University in Miami.

Research Seminar Documents:
Extending Maximum Length of the Folded Steel Plate Girder Bridge System (FSPGBS), exceeding 100 ft. with Capability to Incorporate Camber - pdf of presentation
Q&A Session - pdf (to be posted soon!)

Description: The Folded Steel Plate Girder Bridge System (FSPGBS) is an economical steel bridge solution for short span bridges. To date several states (Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania) have used the system, and several other projects are under various stages of design and construction. The FSPGBS is a proprietary bridge system and provides several advantages: it eliminates the need for cross frames, is easy to inspect, and is suited well for ABC applications. Previously the maximum length of the FSPGBS was limited to 60 ft, reflecting the maximum length of press brake available nationally. This research project developed solutions to extend the maximum length of the FSPGBS to about 100 ft. Non-linear finite element analysis and experimental work, using full-scale test specimens, verified the proposed design details, with inclusion of camber. This presentation provides information that bridge owners can use to utilize FSPGBS for simple-span bridges, using the ABC philosophy with lengths approaching 100 ft.

Presenters:

 

 

Atorod Azizinamini, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Director, ABC-UTC
Director, Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability
Director, Preeminent Institute for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal Infrastructure
Florida International University

 

Faheem Afzal, Ph.D. Student
(Ph.D., 2023, FIU)
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Florida International University

Presentation Graphics:

Figure 1. FSPGBS fatigue test setup

Detail 1

Detail 2

 

Figure 2. Midspan details to expand span length of FSPGBS to 100 ft

Figure 3. Folded Steel Plate Girder Bridge System in Massachusetts

 

Figure 4. Folded Steel Plate Girder Bridge System in Nebraska