Optimum Design of Launching Nose during Incremental Launching Construction of Same-Span Continuous Bridge

The launching nose plays an important role in the incremental launching construction. The parameters of the launching nose essentially affect the internal forces of the girder during the construction. The appropriate parameters can decrease the internal forces in the girder and save the material and reduce the cost. The simplified structural model, which is made with displacement method according to the characteristic of incremental launching construction and the variation rule of the internal forces, calculates and analyzes the effect of the length, the rigidity and weight of launch nose on the internal forces of girder during the incremental launching construction. The method, which can calculate the launching nose parameters for the optimum incremental launching construction, is achieved. This method is simple, reliable and easy for practical use.

Authors:

• Weifeng Wang
• Hengbin Zheng
• Xianwei Zeng

Keywords:

• incremental launching
• launching nose
• optimumanalysis
• displacement method

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