摘要(英) |
Abstract In the
recent years, a majority of the newly-constructed freeways and
expressways at home are built to have many elevated sections and most of
the viaducts are designed as long-span or continuous ones, which means
expansion joints with larger sizes are required. Along the introduction
of new expansion joints that adopt complicated structures to accommodate
increasing expansions come the obvious and frequent failures of the
innovations. The problems, one after another, of the bridge expansion
joints on national freeway No. 3 stand the case. It also urges the
authorities (i.e. the Ministry of Communications) to repeatedly instruct
the relevant departments to carry through the corresponding management
and guarantee the construction quality. Therefore, it is necessary to
look into the conditions and causes of the damages of the joints.
This study aims at the bridge expansion joints of the freeways and
expressways in the middle-west area of Taiwan. It is carried out by the
methods of on-the-spot investigation and domestic organization
interview. According to the data collected, the types, amounts and
damage conditions of the expansion joints being used in each route are
categorized; the damage rates and damage patterns are analyzed; the
relating factors, such as design, material, construction management and
maintenance that result in the damages, are discussed. The conclusions
are as follows: 1.The finger joint is the most commonly adopted one,
while the modular bridge joint system (MBJS) second; the damage rate of
finger joint ranks the last, while that of MBJS is about 3.7 times of
the finger joint. 2.The damage patterns of the finger joint are
commonly seen as the cracking of concrete in the anchorage area and the
fracture of the anchorage itself. The main causes of the phenomena, such
as ill-welding or arbitrary bending of the anchorage, inadequate space
or mal cleaning of the block-outs, lead to insufficient anchorage
strength and the failure in the end. 3.By on-the-spot investigation,
we find the non-shrinkage concrete above the abutment back-walls have
more cracks than those in the pier joints. 4.It proves that the
aspect of construction management takes the reins of all the factors
causing the damage, that is to say, the construction departments still
leave much to be desired in the installation of expansion joints. |