MODSIM ​​​​​​​3DXCONFERENCE 

I am pleased to invite you to Upul Attanayake's presentation on the Global 3DEXPERIENCE Modeling and Simulation Virtual Conference on November 17th & 18th.

Please register now!

https://events.3ds.com/global-3dexperience-modeling-simulation-virtual-conference

The presentation

To reduce disruption to traffic during bridge replacement, accelerated bridge replacement (ABR) methodologies are being developed. One of the ABR methodologies being implemented is slide-in bridge construction (SIBC), which reduces the total duration of traffic disruption to less than one or two weekends. Because the SIBC activities are new, the system response is unknown. Quantification of the loads acting on permanent structures during the slide operation is required. With this purpose, substructure movements were monitored during an SIBC project in Michigan, USA, and the forces acting on the substructure during the slide operation were back-calculated. The Abaqus FEA was used to investigate the substructure response under sliding loads. A 3D model with soil-structure interaction was used for this investigation. This presentation describes bridge slide activities, instrumentation and monitoring of bridge substructure, and the pre- and post-processing of the 3D soil-structural interaction model in Abaqus FEA to investigate the structural response during the slide.

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