ANALYSIS and OBSERVATION of CREEP and SHRINKAGE Effects in the MACAU-TAIPA BRIDGE “PONTE DA AMIZADE” ABSTRACT
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ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATION OF CREEP AND SHRINKAGE EfFECTS IN THE MACAU-TAIPA BRIDGE “PONTE DA AMIZADE” José Manuel Catarino* and Chan Mun Fongi* * Investigador Principal, Chefe do Dep. de Materiais de Construção do LNEC ** Chefe do Dep. de Estruturas e Edifícios do Laboratório de Engenharia Civil de Macau, LECM ABSTRACT The Laboratory of Civil Engineering of Macau (LECM) monitored the Macau-Tazpa Bridge, “Fonte da Amizade “, to carry out its long-term observation. During construction, equ4ment was installed for measurement ofstrains, linear and angular displacements. The interpretation ofresuits is based on a mathematicai modelfor analysis ofcreep and shrinkage effects in prestressed reinforced concrete sfructures integrating ali available information in the observation study, i. e., construction sequence, loads, material properties, and environment conditions. A summary of the observation pian of this bridge, interpretation of measurements made and computational techniques usedfor this analysis are presented. 1- DESCRIPTION OF THE BRIDGE and Pengest made the supervision and LECM made the quality control of the The new Macau-Taipa bridge, “Ponte construction, in Macau and in precast yards da Amizade”, has a total length of 4414 m. in GuangZhou. Being extinguished the Port Starting from Areia Preta of Macau, the and Bridge Office of Macau, the bridge can be divided into a North trestie, a responsibilities related to the operation of North viaduct, an outer bridge, an inter- the bridge have been transferred to bridge viaduct, an inner bridge, a South DS$OPT, Direction of $oils, Public Works viaduct, and a $outh trestie landing onto and Transportation. Pac On of Taipa island (Figure 1). The The North and $outh tresties, with width ofthe bridge deck is 19,3 rn with four lengths of 912 m and 996 m respectively, 3,75 m wide traffic lanes, a central barrier, are constructed from 12 m x 9 m precast and two emergency walkways. slabs sitting on cast-in situ piers at 12 m The construction was promoted by the apart. The three viaducts are 35 m spanned Port and Bridge Office of Macau and the structures composed by precast piers and design was made by Câncio Martins. The beams. The height of the piers varies and is contractor was a consortium of Construções achieved by mounting precast I-blocks, Técnicas and Teixeira Duarte. 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The outer bridge is 329 m long with Parameters such as strains, angular two 112 m spans over the exterior port of rotations, and joint displacements are of Macau in order to provide the necessary interest. For interpreting made clearance for free shipping passages. The measurements, it is important to observe its inner bridge is 1 $2 m long and has only one development with time and construction 112 m span over the interior port of Macau sequences. for shipping passage. Both bridges have a The strain in stmctural elements is height clearance of 30 m above sea levei. measured by vibrating wire strain gauges The 112 m span is obtained by using embedded inside concrete. Four types of triangular cabie stayed structure. Cables are structurai elements are monitored, namely, tíed at one end to the top of cast-in-situ precast I-beams, the cast-in-situ deck, pylons which rise to a maximum height of precast longitudinal girders, and cast-in-situ 59 m above sea levei. The other end of each pylons. The locations of monitored cable is connected to precast longitudinal eiements are shown in Figure 2. Vibrating girders with one end resting on a supporting wire strain gauges were installed in sections pier and the other end as cantilever. Cross Sito S5 and $7 to $11. Details of a typical girders were then placed on the cantilever section are illustrated in Figure 3. In section end of the longitudinal girders to serve as $6, only the longitudinal girders are bearing for precast I-beams similar to those monitored. The longitudinal girders are also used in the viaducts. A cast-in-situ deck is monitored in sections which align with $3, put on to complete the structure. $5, $7, and $9. Two gauges are put on each monitored section of the longitudinal 2- MONITORING PLAN girders. In each of sections $12 to S27 in the pylons, four gauges are installed. Upon request of the Consortium of for measurement of strain, Construções Técnicas and Teixeira Duarte, compensating gauges for creep and LECM prepared the observation plan of shrinkage are used in order to obtain “Ponte da Amizade” (Dinis, 1991). During informatíon conceming the behaviour of the the construction some adjustments had to be bridge under dead and live loads. $hrinkage made in the original proposal to arríve at compensating gauges are placed inside the fmal form of the observation plan 20 cm x 20 cm x 75 cm concrete prisms (Chan, 1994). The fmal plan covered properly protected from the sides to observation of the behaviour of the bridge simulate the actual exposure of the elements during construction and for a period of one in site. for creep compensation, a vibrating year afier its completion. Within the one wire strain gauge is embedded in the year monitoring period, five trí-monthly 20 cm x 20 cm x 75 cm concrete prism. A data recording have been performed. The flat jack system, with regulator to maintain observation plan can be divided into two constant pressure of 10 MPa on the prism, parts: topography survey and is used. The set up is placed inside a steel instmmentation program. frame which works as a reaction frame. The topographic survey involves the Exposure condition is the sarne as that for use of theodoijte Wild TC 200 to monitor shrinkage compensating gauge. Such a the deflectjons at selected locations of the creep compensating device is designed and stmcture during construction, in order to patented by LNEC. provide early detection of any abnormality that might have occurred. 36 Figure 3 — Location of Strain Gauges 1000 900 800 o 700 u 600 E 500 c0 O 400 (1) 300 200 100 O 600 O 100 200 300 400 500 Time (in Days) Figure 4 — Measured and Predicted Total and Shrinkage Strains 37 In this monitoring plan, 4 creep f) removing formwork; compensating gauges are used for the g) placement of asphalt surface. 1-beam, 3 for the deck, and 2 for the pylon. Therefore each 1-beam has to be For shrinkage compensation, 12 gauges are compared with its corresponding anaiytical used for the 1-beam, 18 for the deck and 3 model separately, in order to reflect the for the pylon. The measured strains for the actual dates of the construction sequence. In creep and shrinkage prisms of 1-beam are Figs. 5 and 6, the measured data of one plotted in Figure 4. beam are presented. for measurement of angular rotations, For the deck, the most important 63 tihplates are used to obtain bi-directional change in ioading takes place during rotation of the deck. For the pylon, 3 construction, is in placement of the asphalt resistance type inclinometers are installed in surface. The average strains measured in the each pylon of the outer bridge givíng a total deck of sectíons Si and S2 are also piotted of 24 inclinometers. infigs. 5and6. for expansion joínt displacement, special made vibrating wire jointmeters are 4- STRUCTUR%L ANALYSIS ALONG installed at six expansion joints in the North TIME viaduct, the outer bridge, and the inter- bridge viaduct. In prestressed reinforced concrete structures composed of linear parts, severai 3- CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE types of rheological effects can occur in concrete sections, which can be classified as This paper deals mainly with the follows: analysis of development of strains along type 1 due to different drying time in a structural element. To achieve conditions of concrete; that, the construction sequence must be type II due to compatibility of considered, based on good record of all concrete, steel reinforcement important events experienced by structural and prestressing steel; elements. type III in sections made of severai For discussion, the measured total parts with different ages, strains in 1-beam and deck of $1 and S2 are thickness and exposure conditions, due to the shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6. The 1-beam compatibility between these has gone through the following construction parts. sequence: Ali these rheologicai effects have, as a) casfing of the beam in GuangZhou, consequence, increases of strains and China; intemal coaction states of stress which, in b) in precast yard, first prestressing of staticaliy indeterminate structures, produce two cables in the beam, each wiffi redistributions of intemal and bearing a prestressing force of 2340 kN, forces.