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US 6,915,615 · App. 10/297,779 · Granted Jul 12, 2005

Prestressed composite truss girder and construction method of the same

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Patent No.
US 6,915,615
App. No.
10/297,779
Granted
Jul 12, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to prestressed composite truss girder and construction method of the same. The prestressed composite truss girder of the present invention comprises a concrete bottom plate having structure of composite truss; a lower-chord member being composed of prestressed concrete wherein prestress is induced to resist against the elongation strength generated when composing and not composing and to reduce the droop occurred at the state of composition and having perpendicular and horizontal cross-section of certain shape and certain length; web members wherein vertical chords and diagnal chords composed of rolled steel to upper plate of said lower-chord member; and upper-chord member combined with said web members along the longitudinal direction of said lower-chord member to resist against the compressive force generated before said concrete bottom plate being composed.

Claims (24)

1. A prestressed composite truss girder having a truss structure whereon a slab concrete is composed comprises:

a lower-chord member composed of prestressed concrete wherein prestress is introduced to resist against tensile stress and to reduce the displacement generated by external loads and having perpendicular and horizontal cross-section of certain shape and certain length;

web member wherein vertical members and diagonal members composed of a steel beam to resist against the shear stress applied on the composite girder are connected alternately with the upper face of said lower-chord member; and

upper-chord member composed of a steel plate connected with said web member along the longitudinal direction of said lower-chord member to resist against the compressive force generated before said concrete slab is composed,

wherein said lower-chord member comprises a plurality of wire-type strands or tendons placed inside the lower-chord member in the longitudinal direction to introduce the prestress to a certain distribution along the lower-chord member.

2. The prestressed composite truss girder according to claim 1 , wherein said wire-type strands or tendons have different cross-sectional area along the lower-chord member to vary amount of the introduced presetress at the cross section of said lower-chord member in longitudinal direction.

3. A construction method of a prestressed composite truss girder comprises steps of:

(a) forming a prestressed concrete lower chord member having certain length, wherein certain prestress is introduced to the axial direction;

(b) connecting alternately the vertical members and the diagonal members composed of structural rolled steel having certain length on the upper face of said lower-chord member; and

(c) connecting a planar upper chord member with said vertical members and diagonal members along the longitudinal direction of said lower chord member.

4. The construction method of a prestressed composite truss girder according to claim 3 , wherein said (a) step comprises steps of:

(a1) establishing the concrete bed on the ground after smoothing the ground of a certain place;

(b1) establishing the lower formwork in the linear form having a certain width and length on the H-beam after disposing a plurality of the H-beams in the lattice form on said concrete bed;

(c1) establishing spacers between the reinforcing cage and the upper face of the lower formwork to separate the reinforcing cage at a certain interval from the upper face of the lower formwork after placing the reinforcing cage and the connecting unit for the web member at a certain interval along the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing cage;

(d1) anchoring the tendons to the abutments to maintain the tendons at the tense state after inserting and placing a plurality of the wire-type tendons into the reinforcing cage and establishing the abutments at the position separated to a certain interval from the both ends of the lower-formwork and then introducing certain tension to the tendons using oil jack;

(e1) curing the concrete for a certain period after setting the lateral formwork at the lateral side of the reinforcing cage and pouring the concrete into the lateral formwork; and

(f1) cutting the tendons from the abutments to introduce a certain prestress to the cured concrete.

5. The construction method of a prestressed composite truss girder according to claim 3 , wherein said (a) step comprises steps of:

(a2) establishing the concrete bed on the ground after smoothing the ground of a certain place;

(b2) establishing the lower formwork in the linear form having a certain width and length on the H-beam after disposing a plurality of the H-beam in the lattice form on the concrete bed;

(c2) establishing spacers between the reinforcing cage and the upper face of the lower formwork to separate the reinforcing cage at a certain interval from the upper face of the lower formwork after placing the reinforcing cage and the connecting unit for the web member at a certain interval along the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing cage;

(d2) placing a plurality of the sheath tubes wherein anchorage devices are installed at the both ends;

(e2) curing the concrete for a certain period after setting the lateral formwork to the lateral side of the reinforcing cage and pouring the concrete into the lateral formwork; and

(f2) bonding the tendons with surrounding concrete by injecting the cement mortar through the inside of the sheath tube after the curing of the concrete is finished and a plurality of wire-type tendons are placed in the inside of each sheath tube and then the tendons are tensioned using oil jack.

Continuity (1)
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