Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge: A Thousand-Meter Scale Suspension Bridge in China. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Fengyuan; Feng, Chenglin; Xia, Ye
• Is Part Of: Structural engineering international. Volume 32:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: suspension bridge -- anchorage -- cable saddle -- settling tube -- steel beam erection; Structural engineering -- Periodicals; 624.1
• DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2021.1975347
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1016-8664

Abstract

Abstract: The Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge, a thousand-meter scale high-speed railway suspension bridge, is located in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China. The construction of the bridge surpasses the technological limits of the thousand-meter scale railway bridge. To accomplish this feat, a new type of plate-truss steel beam was adopted for the first time, along with a full penetration welding method employed between the U-rib and the top deck. These innovative methods fill the gaps in high-speed railway suspension bridge construction technology in China and the world. This paper describes the design method, calculation theory, and the corresponding technical standards of high-speed railway suspension bridges in China, which together provide the information necessary for the construction of the subsequent bridges.