?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7091%2F&rft.title=BEARING+CAPACITY+OF+WEB+MEMBERS+IN+FIBER+REINFORCEDPOLYMERIC+(FRP)+COMPOSITE+BRIDGE+DECKS&rft.creator=Silbaugh%2C+Owen+K.&rft.description=The+primary+purpose+of+this+research+project+is+to+advance+the+understanding+of+fiber+reinforced+polymeric+(FRP)+composite+bridge+deck+systems+through+the+study+of+the+bearing+capacity+of+the+vertical+and+offset+diagonal+webs+of+a+stand-alone%2C+multi-tube+FRP+composite+bridge+deck+section.+The+overall+rating+capacity+and+ultimate+strength+capacity+of+the+deck+was+determined+from+the+testing+sequence.+The+deck+was+sufficiently+strong+to+withstand+AASHTO+HS25-44+type+loading+when+tested+directly+over+the+vertical+and+offset+diagonal+webs.+Load+versus+deflection+data+was+collected+for+each+testing+position%2C+and+subsequently+analyzed+and+adjusted+to+reflect+assumptions+with+respect+to+the+beam+on+an+elastic+foundation+model+and+the+development+of+the+plastic+hinge+in+the+HS25-44+steel+testing+pads.+By+converting+load+deflection+curves+to+equivalent+stress+versus+strain+curves%2C+the+experimental+Modulus+of+Elasticity+of+each+web+was+determined.+In+addition%2C+a+discussion+on+the+behavior+of+the+FRP+panels+under+the+specific+testing+conditions+will+be+presented.+Though+the+raw+data+collected+from+the+series+of+eight+bearing+tests+was+not+directly+comparable%2C+modifications+and+adjustments+were+made+to+remove+initial+nonlinearities%2C+to+replicate+the+beam+on+elastic+foundation+model%2C+and+to+reflect+a+hypothetical+situation+in+which+all+tests+were+performed+with+rigid+steel+test+pads.+From+the+adjusted+curves%2C+a+better+understanding+of+the+true+behavior+of+the+composite+FRP+deck+under+the+given+AASHTO+HS25-44+loading+conditions+can+be+realized+and+ultimately+compared+to+future+studies+of+the+bearing+capacity.&rft.date=2004-06-09&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7091%2F1%2Fsilbaughowenk04.16.04.pdf&rft.identifier=++Silbaugh%2C+Owen+K.++(2004)+BEARING+CAPACITY+OF+WEB+MEMBERS+IN+FIBER+REINFORCEDPOLYMERIC+(FRP)+COMPOSITE+BRIDGE+DECKS.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++