Stress Ribbon Bridges
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The stress ribbon structure is one of the oldest bridge archetypes. Primitive bridge builders attempted to span distances wider than the length of an existing tree trunk by throwing a line across a ravine and tying it on both sides to a large rock or tree. In this simple and natural structural system, cables are stressed between the two abutments and serve as the walkway. It is difficult to imagine a simpler structural system: walkway surface and supporting cable, often from natural fibres, are one. The cables of modern European stress ribbon footbridges consist in prestressing tendons or a system of at least two adjacent steel bands or cables laid out at the edges of the deck. The walkway is then provided by either a concrete deck slab encasing the prestressing tendons, or by individual concrete or stone planks fixed atop the steel ribbons or cables. Such stress ribbon structures have become possible only by the invention of high-strength steel. The advantages of the high yield strength of this steel are being exploited in contemporary structures (see beginning of this chapter: Ulrich Finsterwalder 1970, and in Switzerland René Walther, 1967 and Otto Wenaweser, 1971).
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(2008). Stress Ribbon Bridges. In: Footbridges. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8222-3_8
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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF STRESS RIBBON BRIDGE
The stress ribbon bridge consists, in principle, of a number of highly stressed freely suspended prestressed tendons supporting the deck slab, which may either be precast or cast in situ. A 216-M long transport belt bridge built for a cement factory in Holderbank-Wildegg Switzerland, and a pedestrian bridge at Bircherweld across the Swiss National Highway, are examples of such bridges. This paper describes the salient features, method of design, construction procedure and advantages of stress ribbon bridges. Details are given of a model stress ribbon bridge, built at the College of Engineering, Guindy, during 1970 to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing such long span bridges in India. The difficulties encountered in actual execution are elucidated. (TRRL)
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- Santhakumar, A R
- Chitharanjan, N
- Swamidurai, A
- Publication Date: 1979-12
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- Pagination: p. 319-333
- Indian Concrete Journal
- Issue Number: 12
- Publisher: Associated Cement Companies Limited
- ISSN: 0019-4565
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- TRT Terms: Bridge design ; Bridges ; Construction ; Construction management ; Design ; Long span bridges ; Mathematical models ; Prestressed concrete ; Prestressing ; Pretensioning ; Structural design ; Suspension bridges ; Tendons
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- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
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The analysis of stress-ribbon bridges, aiming at attaining the required bridge superstructure geometry under dead weight action, based on the serviceability criteria for footbridges, is presented ...
The construction site is on deep soft soils, so the structural solution of a stress-ribbon arch bridge was a perfect choice for its aesthetic values and the self-anchored system, which loads the foundation only in the vertical direction. Fig. 1. The butterfly-arch stress-ribbon pedestrian bridge in Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Abstract. The stress ribbon structure is one of the oldest bridge archetypes. Primitive bridge builders attempted to span distances wider than the length of an existing tree trunk by throwing a line across a ravine and tying it on both sides to a large rock or tree. In this simple and natural structural system, cables are stressed between the ...
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A stressed ribbon bridge (also known as stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is a tension structure which is very similar to suspension bridges. The suspension cables form the part of the deck which follows a inverted catenary between supports. The ribbon is stressed such that it is in compression, which increases the stiffness of the structure where as a suspension spans tend to sway and ...
A stressed ribbon bridge (also known as stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is primarily a structure under tension. The tension cables form the part of the deck which follows an inverted catenary between supports. The ribbon is stressed such that it is in compression, thereby increasing the rigidity of the structure where as a suspension spans tend to sway and bounce. Such bridges are ...
Previous research has established theoretical formulations for mode frequencies of stress-ribbon bridges. del Arco et al. [] developed a procedure to calculate the frequencies of vertical bending modes with symmetric or asymmetric shapes, assuming the bridge is approximated by pin-supported suspension cable and neglecting bending stiffness.Cacho-Perez et al. [] derived a technique to obtain ...
Stress-ribbon systems develop the most flexible and slender bridges. A structural system of such elegant bridges consists of cables or ribbons and deck slabs placed to these strips to distribute the live load. Although this structural system is simple, the design of such structures is a challenging issue. Design limitations of the bridge deck slope induce considerable forces in the ribbons ...
Stress ribbon bridges are efficient, "legible" structures whose behaviour corresponds to a cable hanging freely between supports and stabilized by weight. However, as the dead load increases, so does bending stiffness, resulting inevitably in unwelcome bending stresses at the supports. For this reason, stress ribbon bridges have usually ...
Abstract. Stress ribbon structures are being built in various forms and many sites worldwide. Each country has outstanding examples of innovative bridges, roofs, and tunnels and research is also ...
Funding information: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Grant/Award Number: HUST: 2018KFYYXJJ007; National Natural Science Foundation of China, ... Stress ribbon bridges experience excessive vibration when subjected to moving vehicles due to flexibility and low damping, affecting the running safety and ride comfort of the ...
A stressed ribbon bridge (also stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is a tension structure similar in many ways to a simple suspension bridge.The suspension cables are embedded in the deck, which follows a catenary arc between supports. As with a simple suspension bridge, the weight is taken by the suspension cables, but unlike the simple span, the deck or ribbon is stressed in compression ...
RESEARCH ARTICLE. Vibration control of stress ribbon bridges subjected to moving vehicles. Xiang Xiao, School of Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China. ... It is of great challenge to suppress the vibration of a vehicle-stress ribbon bridge (VSRB) system because of the strong geometric nonlinearity of the stress ribbon ...
stress-ribbon pedestrian bridges. In this research the classic stress ribbon deck is combined with arches or cables and large horizontal forces that is created near the abutments is eliminated with the help of a slender arch. Stoyanoff et al. (2000) explained that the lowest natural frequencies
In Germany new materials and damping methods have been tried in a number of bridge and roof applications. Japan's range of pioneering stress ribbon structures range from the longest single span bridge at 147.5 m to the world's first 3-directional stress ribbon bridge. The possibilities of structures curved in plan and suitable for vehicles are ...
SUMMARY At present research on the development of new stress-ribbon pedestrian bridges is being carried out. The classical stress-ribbon deck is combined with arches or cables. The studied structures are two span stress-ribbon supported and stiffened by an arch and suspension structure formed by a straight or arched stress-ribbon. The paper presents structural solutions, methods of static and ...
Many stress ribbon footbridges have been constructed, including the classic Lignon-Loex Bridge in Switzerland, IGA North Bridge in Rostock, and the Slinky Spring to Fame near Oberhausen, Germany ...
The most slender and flexible footbridges are stress ribbon bridges. One kind of these elegant and simple bridges consists of two hanging steel ribbons, usually made of steel, which carry concrete deck panels and are anchored between two heavy abutments. ... Internal research document, Chair of Conceptual and Structural Design, Technical Univ ...
The stress ribbon bridge consists, in principle, of a number of highly stressed freely suspended prestressed tendons supporting the deck slab, which may either be precast or cast in situ. A 216-M long transport belt bridge built for a cement factory in Holderbank-Wildegg Switzerland, and a pedestrian bridge at Bircherweld across the Swiss ...
Few of the Ab str act : A Stress Ribbon Bridge is a tension structure, which has similar geometry to that of a simple suspension bridge. This type of bridge is mainly used for pedestrian or cycling traffic. It is a slender structure, in which the suspended cables are embedded in the slab deck, following a catenary arc between the supports.
A combination of the stress-ribbon deck and the arch bridge provides the solution of a self-anchored structural system for the favorable appearance (Strasky 2010). The current case study is on its ...
A new stress-ribbon pedestrian bridge has been built over a 60 m deep part of the Gander River valley in the Italian Alps. Completed in 2021, the 118 m long structure now provides a safer and more direct link between the mountain villages of Barbiano and Saubach. It is the longest stress-ribbon bridge in Italy and one of the longest in Europe.
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a new approach to build extremely light bridges. By using high-strength carbon fibre reinforced plastic, a very light and flexible stress ribbon footbridge having a ...