TY  - JOUR
T1  - Static Response of an Orthotropic Steel Deck-Open Ribs Type
By Considering the Influence of Floor Beams Flexibility
AU - Sugihardjo, Hidajat AU - Abrar Victoriawan, Muhammad AU - Sigit Darmawan, Muhammad 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SP  - 133
EP  - 139
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.133.139
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.133.139
KW  - Orthotropic deck
KW  -open type ribs
KW  -P-E method
KW  -FEM
KW  -floor beam flexibility
AB  - The orthotropic deck is a bridge deck system which has been used since the mid 19th century and
utilized by many modern bridges. It employs a stiffened steel deck instead of the conventional reinforced
concrete slab as the structural base for the distribution of traffic loads for the bridge system. The
Pelikan-Esslinger method (P-E method) is developed to calculate the response of such bridge deck
configuration. This method considers the bridge to be divided into three systems whose individual actions are
superimposed to yield the final bridge responses. This study is conducted to compare the stresses on open
ribs of an orthotropic deck by considering floor beam flexibility using the P-E method and the Finite Element
Method (FEM) using ABAQUS. Generally, the result shows that the longitudinal stresses on the ribs by
considering the influence of the floor beam flexibility are higher than the analitycal method. For design purpose,
the longitudinal stress at the top of the ribs of the support section obtained from the P-E method could be
reduced. The FEM with Spring elements to represent the floor beam flexibility more accurately models the bridge
deck system than the FEM neglecting the flexibility of floor beam.
ER  -