桥梁设计外文翻译曼哈顿大桥的研究与分析Word文档下载推荐.docx
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JulianStaden
DepartementofCivilandArchitecturalEngineering,UniversityofBath
Abstract:
ThispaperprovidesdetailedinformationaboutthedifferentaspectsofthedesignoftheManhattanSuspensionBridge.Analyticalreasoningisgiventowhyeachdesignfeaturewasdesignedinthemanoritwasinordertofulfiltheengineers’designcriteria.Anattemptisalsomadetoillustrateanyshortcominginthedesignofthestructureandanywaysinwhichtheengineerscouldhavepotentiallyimprovedthedesignofthebridge.Attentionwillalsobepaidtothewaysinwhichthebridgewouldbedesignedandconstructedifitweretobebuiltinthe21stcentury.Thereasonswhydesignprincipalsandconstructionmethodshavechangedwillalsobeoutlined.
Keywords:
truss,stiffness,tension,deck,torsion
Figure1:
ManhattanBridge.ViewfromManhattanside.
1OverviewofTheManhattanBridge
TheManhattanBridge,althoughunfinished,wasopenedin1909andwasthethirdbridgetospantheEastRiverrunningbetweenBrooklynandManhattan.Itwasbuilttoprovideanothertransportlinkbetweenthetwoboroughs.Beforeconstructionbegantherewasagreatdealofcontroversyovertheproposeddesignsforthebridge.EventuallyafairlytypicallookingsuspensionbridgedesignwasapprovedthatwasdesignedbyengineerLeonMoisieff.Thebridgewastospan448metresbetweenpiers,whichwasasomewhatshorterdistancethanthemainspansofeithertheBrooklynorWilliamsburgbridgesthatneighboreit..EventhoughtheManhattanBridgemadenoadvancementinthespannedlengthachievablebyasuspensionbridge,itdidrepresentasignificantstepforwardintheprogressionofbridgebuilding.Thebridgewasthefirsttobedesignedusingdeflectiontheory,whichquicklyreplacedallpreviousmethodsofbridgedesign.Thedesignalsoincorporatedsteeltowersthatwereonlybracedintwodimensionsratherthanthree.ThiswasanotheraspectofbridgedesignthathadnotbeenseenpriortothebuildingoftheManhattanBridge.
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TheentirestructureoftheManhattansuspensionbridgewastobedesignedinsteel.Thedeckstructureiscomprisedoffoursteelstiffeningtrussesthatwereeachsupportedbyregularlyspacedsuspendersthathangfromoneofthefourmaincables.Thefourcablesaresupportedbythetwotowersandarehelddownbyanchorages224metresfromeachsideofthemainspan.
2DesigningTheStructure
TheStructureTheManhattanBridgewasthefirstsuspensionbridgetobedesignedusingdeflectiontheoryincalculatinghowthehorizontaldeckandcurvedcablesworkedtogethertocarryloads.Untilthispoint,suspensionbridgescouldonlybedesignedusingelastictheorywhichmeantassumingsmalldeflections.However,whilstthiswasanincorrectapproximation,assuspendedstructuresweresometimesobservedtoundergosignificantdeflections,thiswastheonlymathematicalmodellingthathadbeenapplieduptothattime.AtthetimetheManhattanBridgewasdesigned,thiswasthefirstoccasiontherehadbeenanappropriateopportunitytouseMelan’sdeflectiontheory.Thisnewmethodofanalysisallowedtheengineerstodesignthebridgewithamoreaccurateunderstandingofhowitwouldactuallyperform,allowingagreatereconomyofmaterialusage.
Deflectiontheorymeantthatallsuspensionbridgeswereprovedtobestrongerthanpreviouslyconsideredduetothecurveinthemaincablesbeingmoreefficientacarryingloadsthanstifferformsofbridge.ThenewtheoryallowedtheManhattanBridgetobedesignedtobelighter,withsmallerstiffeningtrusses,thanitotherwisewouldhavebeenusingelastictheory.Thesesmallerlightertrusseswouldhavebeenacceptableinnormalcircumstances.forexample,ifthebridgewastocarryonlyvehiculartraffic,butinthecaseoftheManhattanBridge,itwastoalsocarrysubwaytrains.
Despitetheapplicationofthenewtheory,aftertheinitialiseofthebridge,itbecameclearthattherewasasignificantflawinitsdesign.
2.1InadequacyofDesign
Eachtimeaheavysubwaytrainpassedoverthebridge,itcausedlocaldeflectionofthestiffeningtrussesonthesideofthedeckofthetrain’spassage.Thedeflectionononesideinducedtorsioninthedeck.Thisproblemwasfurtheraccentuatedwhentrainsbegantopassovereachsideofthebridgeinopposingdirectionsatthesametime.Itwasreportedthatatthispoint,eachsideofthedeckdeflectedbyupto1.2meters,meaningatotalrelativedeflectionofover2meters.Thisputsignificantstressesintothebridgedeckandsubsequentlyleadtoextensiverepairsandstiffeningworkneedingtobecarriedoutinordertoallowthebridgetoremainserviceable.
Inmymind,themostobviousfailinginthedesignoftheManhattanBridgeisthelocationofthetrackssubway.Theyhavebeenlocatedateachedge,ratherthanplacingtheminthecentralsectionofthedeck,withroadlanesseparatingthem.Keepingthetracksclosetogetherwouldhavereducedthelengthoftheeffectiveleverarmthatthetrains’sliveloadingwouldhavehad,reducingthetorsionmomentinduced.
AlthoughIamuncertainastothedesignengineer’sreasoningbehindlocatingthesubwaytracksinthesepositions,apossiblereasonbecomesapparentwhenlookingatacrosssectionofthedeck.
Figure2:
Crosssectionshowinglocationoflanesacrossdeck
Figure3:
Thefourmaincablesarenotevenlyseparated.
Thefiguresillustratethatthemaincablesandcorrespondingstiffeningtrussesare“paired”oneachsidetoenclosearegionofdeckresultinginalargerspanofdeckbetweenthem.
Asshowninfigures4and5,theseenclosedregionsarewherethedesignengineerslocatedthesubwaytracksandiswherethedistancebetweenthestiffeningtrussesissmaller.Theengineerswouldhaverealisedthattheheavyliveloadingfromthesubwaytrainswouldhavecausedasignificantlygreaterdegreeofbendingacrossthedeckbetweenstiffeningtrussesincomparisontothebendingduetovehicularloadingoverthesamespan.Thereforeitwouldhavemadesensetolocatethelightervehicularliveloadingoverthelargerspanofdeckintheregionbetweenthetwopairsoftrusses.Bythenlocatingthesubwaytracksinthesmallerspanningregionsofdeck,theresultingbendingmomentfromtheirloadisfarsmallerthaniftheywerelocatedinthecentralsection.Thiswouldhavemeantthatthedesignbendingmomentacrossthewholedeckcouldhavebeenofasimilarmagnitude,allowingthesupportingdeckstructuretobedesignedmoreeconomicallythanotherwiseusingasectionwithaconstantmomentcapacityacrossthewholedeck.I.e.exactlythesamethebeamsectioncouldbeusedoverthedecksfullwidth,resultinginsimplerconstructionandlesswastedmaterial.Thesepairedcablesconsequentlycouldhavebeendesignedinthiswayintentionallyforthepurposeofaccommodatingthesubwaytracks.Itispossiblethereforethatthedistributionoftheloadtypesacrossthedeckinthisconfigurationwasafundamentalpartofthedesignofthewholesuperstructure.
Asagreatdealofplanningwasmostlikelygiventothemostefficientlocationofthesubwaytracksasdiscussedabove,itisunfortunatethatthechosenconfigurationwouldgoontocausetorsioninthedeck..
Analternativesolutiontochangingthelocationofthesubwaytrackswouldhavebeentousedeeperstiffeningtrusses.Thesewouldhavehelpedpreventthedeflectionoftheoutermaincablesandhencereducedtorsioninthedeck.Howeverthiswouldhaveresultedinasignificantdetrimentaleffectonthebridgesaestheticqualities.
Overallthebridgewasdesignedadequatelyinatwodimensionalsense,butproperanalysisappearsnottobeencarriedoutinthreedimensions,otherwisethetorsionaldeflectionscouldhavebeenprevented.
Thewholeprocesswouldbeeasilyavoidedinthedesignofamodernsuspensionbridge.Threedimensionalfiniteelementanalysissoftwarewouldbeusedinordertocheckthestructuralcapacityofthedeckinlongitudinalandtransversedirections.
2.2TowerDesign
TheManhattanBridgewasthefirstsuspensionbridgetobedesignedwithtowersbracedonlyinaplanetransversetothedeck..
Figure4:
Thetowersarebracedforstiffnessintwodimensions,ratherthanthree
Makingthetowersflexibleinthesameplaneasthemaincablesallowsforanymovementatthetopofthetowerstobetakenasbendinginthetowers.Theflexingofthetowerspreventslargebendingmomentsbeingtransferredstraighttothefoundations.Thereforesmallerfoundationsunderthepiersareneededcomparedtoundermoretypicaltowerdesignforthetimethebridgewasdesignedandbuilt.Thisispossiblebecausethefoundationswouldmostlybetheretotaketheverticalload,ratherthanacombinationofaverticalloadandalargebendingmoment.
Thefourmainsteelsectionsthatcompriseeachtowerhavehoweverbeenbracedwithcrossmembersinthetransverseplanetothedeck.Elasticityinthisplanewouldbeundesirableandofabsolutelynobenefit.
Theengineerswouldhavebeenfullyawarethatwithoutthebracinginthisplane,thestructurewouldbemuchmoreunstable,andthatthecolumnscouldpotentiallybuckleundertheloadofthemaincablessupportingthedeck.
ThedesignofthetowersoftheManhattanBridgewasthefirstexampleoftheapplicationofmanyoftheprincipalsadoptedinthedesignofmodernsuspensionbridgetowers.
Towardsthebaseofeachpier,thesteelsectionincreasesinsizeuntilitmeetsthemasonryfooting.Thesewouldhavebeendesignedinthismanner
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