dc.contributor |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de la Construcció |
dc.contributor |
Marí Bernat, Antonio Ricardo |
dc.contributor.author |
Fernández Ruiz, Paloma |
dc.date |
2015-02 |
dc.identifier.citation |
PRISMA-94131 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/25896 |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
dc.rights |
Attribution 3.0 Spain |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
dc.subject |
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures |
dc.subject |
Structural analysis (Engineering) |
dc.subject |
Bridges--Design and construction |
dc.subject |
Estructures, Teoria de les -- Normes |
dc.subject |
Ponts -- Disseny i construcció -- Normes |
dc.title |
Comparison of the American Code (AASHTO) and the Spanish Code (IAP and EHE) for the Calculations of a Bridge Deck |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis |
dc.description.abstract |
When
you
approach
a
comparison
of
two
codes
from
to
different
countries
you
expect
to
find
very
big
differences,
more
over
when
for
starters
the
unit
systems
are
different.
The
first
thing
you
realize
when
you
approach
the
codes,
Spanish
and
American,
is
that
the
American
code
is
unique
for
roadways.
In
this
code
you
find
from
the
loads
to
consider
to
the
calculations
of
limit
states
for
every
material
you
can
use.
The
Spanish
legislation
is
quite
different;
it
has
a
code
for
steel
and
one
for
concrete.
This
two
are
to
be
used
in
any
structure
you
find.
For
example
when
designing
a
concrete
bridge
in
America
you
only
need
AASHTO
but
in
Spain
you
need
EHE
for
the
concrete
considerations
and
IAP
for
the
loads
on
a
bridge.
In
Spain
if
we
wanted
to
do
a
steel
bridge
we
will
use
IAP
for
the
loads
again
but
EAE
for
the
steel
consideration.
On
top
of
this,
in
the
USA
the
design
parameters
can
change
from
state
to
state,
but
always
comply
with
AASHTO.
The
second
thing
noticed
is
that
the
two
codes
consider
ultimate
and
service
states,
their
approaches
may
in
some
cases
vary,
but
they
are
all
based
in
the
same
theory.
They
have
different
division
within
the
ultimate
and
the
service
states,
but
their
goal
is
the
same:
combine
loads
in
different
manners
so
different
types
of
failure
can
be
checked.
Finally
one
thing
that
differs
a
lot
from
one
design
method
to
another
is
the
use
of
standards.
The
American
code
and
the
departments
of
transportation
use
a
lot
of
standards,
pre-‐design
elements.
The
Spanish
code
doesn’t
consider
these
pre-‐design
elements;
normally
each
element
is
design
for
each
construction,
talking
about
concrete. |