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(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Date of publication and mention (51) Int Cl.:

of the grant of the patent: E01D 22/00 (2006.01) E01D 6/00 (2006.01)
11.03.2009 Bulletin 2009/11

(21) Application number: 03255402.4

(22) Date of filing: 29.08.2003

(54) Reinforcement structure of truss bridge or arch bridge

Verstärkungsstruktur für Fachwerk- oder Bogenbrücken
Structure de renforcement pour ponts en treillis ou en arc

(84) Designated Contracting States: • Saito, Fumihiro

DE ES FR GB IT Ishikawa-gun,
Ishikawa-ken (JP)
(30) Priority: 04.09.2002 JP 2002258898 • Takeshima, Seio
Nagoya-shi,
(43) Date of publication of application: Aichi-ken (JP)
10.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/11 • Nakai, Yoshiaki
Ishikawa-gun,
(73) Proprietors: Ishikawa-ken (JP)
• Asahi Engineering Co., Ltd.
Kanazawa-shi, (74) Representative: Higgs, Jonathan et al
Ishikawa-ken (JP) Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP
• Eco Japan Co., Ltd. 30 Welbeck Street
Ishikawa-gun, London W1G 8ER (GB)
Ishikawa-ken (JP)
• SE Corporation (56) References cited:
Tokyo (JP) DE-C- 622 446 DE-C- 817 468
DE-C- 817 761
(72) Inventors:
• Tokuno, Mitsuhiro
Kanazawa-shi,
Ishikawa-ken (JP)
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Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
[0001] This invention relates to a reinforcement struc-
ture effective for improving a load resisting force of a
truss bridge or arch bridge constructed over a river or on
the land as specified in the preambles of Claims 1 and
2, respectively. Such bridges are known from DE-C-817
761 and DE-C-622 446, respectively.
2. Related Art
[0002] There has heretofore been known, as a work
for reinforcing a truss bridge or arch bridge, a method in
which a structural frame(s) of a truss girder or arch girder
which constitutes the truss bridge or arch bridge, more
specifically, an upper chord, a lower chord and a diagonal
member in the truss girder or a lower chord and a vertical
member in the arch girder are abutted and overlaid by a
short reinforcement member and bolted together, so that
the sectional area of each structural frame is increased
to thereby enhance the load resisting force.
[0003] However, the above-mentioned reinforcement
work requires such a troublesome work that many rein-
forcement plates are needed and each sheet must be
bolted. In addition, a long period of time is required for
the work and the working cost is increased.
[0004] Moreover, many bolt heads are projected from
the joined part of the structural frame through a gusset
plate. In case the reinforcement plates are overlaid on
the area of the structural frame which excludes this joined
part, a problem arises in which the load resisting force is
hardly enhanced at the joined part on which a dead load
and an active load are concentrated.
[0005] In order to avoid this problem, a large-scale
work is required in which many bolts and gusset plates
are removed from the joined part and replaced with a
reinforcement plate and then bolted again.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] It is, therefore, an object of the present invention
to provide a reinforcement structure of a truss bridge or
arch bridge, in which through co-action between auxiliary
triangular structural frames which are each constructed
at opposite ends of a truss girder or arch girder and a
cable stretched between the auxiliary triangular structur-
al frames, an upward directing force is exerted to the
truss girder or arch girder, thereby effectively inducing a
load resisting force.
[0007] To achieve the above object, from one aspect
of the present invention, there is provided a reinforce-
ment structure of a truss bridge as specified in Claim 1.
[0008] From another aspect of the invention, there is
provided a reinforcement structure of an arch bridge as
2
specified in Claim 2.
[0009] Preferably, the deflecting means is constituted
by a jack capable of controlling the downward directing
force by controlling an expanding/contracting amount.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0010]
10 FIG. 1 is a side view schematically showing a rein-
forcement structure of a truss girder.
FIG. 2(A) is an enlarged side view of the reinforce-
ment structural part of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2(B) is an
enlarged side view of an anchor part of a cable.
15 FIG. 3 is a side view schematically showing another
example of a reinforcement structure of a truss gird-
er.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the reinforcement
structural part of FIG. 3.
20 FIG. 5 is a side view schematically showing a rein-
forcement structure of a truss bridge having such a
structure that a floor plate is loaded on the truss gird-
er.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view, when viewed in a width-
25 wise direction of the bridge, showing a part provided
with deflecting means in the truss girder of FIGS. 1
through 4.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing an axial force in each
part of the reinforcement structure of FIGS. 1 and 2.
30 FIG. 8 is a side view schematically showing a rein-
forcement structure of an arch girder.
FIG. 9 is a side view schematically showing another
example of a reinforcement structure of an arch gird-
er.
35 FIG. 10 is a side view schematically showing a further
example of a reinforcement structure of an arch gird-
er.
FIGS. 11(A) and 11(B) are sectional views showing
an operating state of a jack forming deflecting
40 means.
FIG. 12 is a side view of a reinforcement structure
of a truss bridge showing a comparative example of
the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a side view showing another comparative
45 example of the above.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0011] Embodiments of a reinforcement structure of a
50 truss bridge or arch bridge according to the present in-
vention will be described hereinafter with reference to
FIGS. 1 through 11.
[0012] As shown in FIGS. 1 through 7, a truss bridge
is a bridge having two truss girders 2 each of which is
55 constructed on each side in a sense of a road width di-
rection of a floor slab 1. The truss girder 2 has a structure
in which a lower chord 3 and an upper chord 4 are joined
by a plurality of diagonal members 5 which are inserted
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therebetween in a zigzag manner, thereby forming a plu-
rality of main triangular frames 6 from one of the truss
girder 2 to the other end.
[0013] On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 8 through
10, an arch bridge is a bridge having two arch girders 7
each of which is constructed on each side in a sense of
a road width direction of a floor slab 1. The arch bridge
has a structure in which a lower chord 3 and an arch
member 4’ are joined by a plurality of vertical members
8 inserted therebetween in parallel relation, thereby form-
ing a plurality of rectangular structural frames 6’ between
two main triangular structural frames 5 each of which is
formed on each end of the arch bridge.
[0014] The truss girders 2 and the arch girders 7, as
well as other vertical girders 22, are supported, in a sus-
pending manner, at opposite ends thereof on bridge legs
24.
[0015] The reinforcement structure of the truss bridge
will be described first. FIGS. 1 through 4 show an exam-
ple in which a truss girder 2 is arranged such that an
upper chord 4 is located above a floor slab 1, and FIG.
5 shows a truss bridge in which a floor slab 1 is loaded
on a truss girder 2. The description to follow is common
to those two truss girders.
[0016] As shown in FIGS. 1 through 7, a first and a
second end of the truss girder 2 are each provided with
a main triangular structural frame 6 which is further pro-
vided at an inner side thereof with an auxiliary triangular
structural frame 9, and the auxiliary triangular structural
frame 9 is joined at vertexes thereof with frame structural
elements at the respective sides of the main triangular
structural frame 6. Therefore, each auxiliary triangular
structural frame 9 includes joined parts P1, P2 and P3
which correspond to the respective vertexes of a triangle.
[0017] It is most effective to construct the auxiliary tri-
angular structural frame 9 inside the main triangular
structural frame 6 which is formed at each end of the
truss bridge. However, it may also be constructed inside
the main triangular structural frame 6 which is formed at
an inner side of the main triangular structural frame 6
which is formed at each end of the truss bridge. That is,
the auxiliary triangular structural frames 9 are each
mounted on the first and second end side of the truss
bridge.
[0018] The main triangular structural frame 6 compris-
es three main structural frame elements 6a, 6b 6c. The
main structural frame element 6a comprises a lower
chord 3 part, the main structural frame elements 6b, 6c
comprise two diagonal members 5 which are adapted to
interconnect the opposite ends of the main structural
frame element 6a and the upper chord 4. The main struc-
tural frame elements 6a, 6b, 6c form the respective sides
of the triangle.
[0019] On the other hand, the auxiliary triangular struc-
tural frame 9 comprises three auxiliary structural frame
elements 9a, 9b, 9c. The auxiliary structural frame ele-
ment 9a comprises a diagonal member for joining an in-
termediate part of the main structural frame element 6b
4
(one diagonal member 5) and an intermediate part of the
main structural frame element 6a, the auxiliary structural
frame element 9b comprises a diagonal member for join-
ing an intermediate part of the main structural frame el-
5 ement 6c (the other diagonal member 5) and an interme-
diate part of the main structural frame element 6a. The
auxiliary structural frame element 9c comprises a chord
for joining an intermediate part of the main structural el-
ement 6b as the diagonal member 5 and an intermediate
10 part of the main structural frame element 6c as the diag-
onal member 5.
[0020] Accordingly, the auxiliary structural frame ele-
ments 9a, 9b of the auxiliary triangular structural frame
9 are bolted to the intermediate part of the main structural
15 frame element 6a through a gusset plate 12a, the auxil-
iary structural frame elements 9a, 9c are bolted to the
intermediate part of the main structural frame element
6b through a gusset plate 12b, and the auxiliary structural
frame elements 9b, 9c are bolted to the intermediate part
20 of the main structural frame element 6c through a gusset
plate 12c, thereby forming the joined parts P1, P2, P3.
[0021] A cable 10 extending in the longitudinal direc-
tion of the bridge is stretched between a nearby area of
the joined part at the vertex of the auxiliary triangular
25 structural frame 9 which is located on the first side and
a nearby area of the joined part corresponding vertex of
the auxiliary triangular structural frame 9 which is located
on the second side. Deflecting means 11 for exerting a
downward directing force to the cable 10 is inserted be-
30 tween the cable 10 and the lower chord 3 of the truss
girder 2, so that an upward directing force W1 caused by
reacting force attributable to tension of the cable 10 is
exerted to the lower chord 3 through the deflecting means
11.
35 [0022] The deflecting means 11 is attached to the low-
er chord 3 by a bolt or the like such that the deflecting
means 11 is projected downward with its lower end sup-
porting the cable 10.
[0023] As one preferable example, as shown in FIGS.
40 1 and 2, the cable 10 extending in the longitudinal direc-
tion of the bridge is stretched between the joined parts
P1, P2 at the vertexes of the auxiliary triangular structural
frames 9 with respect to the lower chord 3, i.e., between
the joined parts P1, P2 of the main structural frame ele-
45 ments 6a with respect to the auxiliary structural frame
elements 9a, 9b, on the first and second end sides. De-
flecting means 11 for exerting a downward directing force
to the cable 10 is inserted for tensioning the cable 10
between the cable 10 and the lower chord 3 of the truss
50 girder 2, so that an upward directing force W1 is exerted
to the lower chord 3 through the deflecting means 11 and
an upward directing force W1 is exerted to the bridge
through the lower chord 3, while exerting a tensile force
to the joined parts P1, P1, by the reacting force attribut-
55 able to tension of the cable 10.
[0024] As another preferable example, as shown in
FIGS. 3 and 4, a cable 10 extending in the longitudinal
direction of the bridge is stretched between the joined
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parts P3, P3 at the vertexes of the auxiliary triangular
frames 9 with respect to the main structural frame ele-
ments 6c, i.e., between the joined parts P3, P3 of the
main structural frame elements 6c with respect to the
auxiliary structural frame elements 9b, 9c, on the first and
second end sides. Deflecting means 11 for exerting a
downward directing force to the cable 10 is inserted for
tensioning the cable 10 between the cable 10 and the
lower chord 3 of the truss girder 2, so that an upward
directing force W1 is exerted to the lower chord 3 through
the deflecting means 11 and an upward directing force
W1 is exerted to the bridge through the lower chord 3,
while exerting a tensile force to the joined parts P3, P3,
by the reacting force attributable to tension of the cable
10.
[0025] Similarly, in the arch bridge, as shown in FIGS.
8 and 9, a first and a second end of an arch girder 7 are
each provided with a main triangular structural frame 6
or, as shown in FIG. 10, a main rectangular structural
frame 6’, which is further provided at an inner side thereof
with an auxiliary triangular structural frame 9. The auxil-
iary triangular structural frame 9 is joined at vertexes
thereof with frame structural elements at the respective
sides of the main triangular structural frame 6 or main
rectangular structural frame 6’. Therefore, each auxiliary
rectangular structural frame 9 includes three joined parts
P1, P2, P3 which correspond to the vertexes of a triangle.
[0026] In the same manner as described above, the
main triangular structural frames 6 on the first and second
ends of the arch girder 7 each comprise three main struc-
tural frame elements 6a, 6b, 6c. The main structural
frame element 6a comprises an end part (first or second
end part) of the lower chord 3, the main structural frame
element 6b comprises an end part (first or second end
part) of the arch member 4’, and the main structural frame
element 6c comprises a vertical member 8 on an end
(first end or second end) of the lower chord 3. The main
structural frame elements 6a, 6b, 6c form the respective
sides of a triangle.
[0027] On the other hand, the auxiliary triangular struc-
tural frame 9 comprises three auxiliary structural frame
elements 9a, 9b, 9c. The auxiliary structural frame ele-
ment 9a comprises a diagonal member for joining an in-
termediate part of the main structural frame element 6b
(first or second end part of the arch member 4’) and an
intermediate part of the main structural frame element
6a (first or second end part of the lower chord 3), the
auxiliary structural frame element 9b comprises a diag-
onal member for joining an intermediate part of the main
structural frame element 6c (the vertical member 8) and
an intermediate part of the main structural frame element
6a (first or second end part of the lower chord 3). The
auxiliary structural frame element 9c comprises a chord
for joining an intermediate part of the main structural el-
ement 6b as the first or second end part of the arch mem-
ber 4’ and an intermediate part of the main structural
frame element 6c as the vertical member 8.
[0028] Accordingly, the auxiliary structural frame ele-
6
ments 9a, 9b of the auxiliary triangular structural frame
9 are bolted to the intermediate part of the main structural
frame element 6a through a gusset plate 12a, the auxil-
iary structural frame elements 9a, 9c are bolted to the
5 intermediate part of the main structural frame element
6b through a gusset plate 12b, and the auxiliary structural
frame elements 9b, 9c are bolted to the intermediate part
of the main structural frame element 6c through a gusset
plate 12c, thereby forming the joined parts P1, P2, P3.
10 [0029] As shown in FIG. 10, the main rectangular struc-
tural frames 6’ located between the main triangular struc-
tural frames 6, 6 on the first and second ends of the arch
girder 7 each comprise four main structural frame ele-
ments 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d. The main structural frame element
15 6a comprises a lower chord 3 part, the main structural
frame elements 6b, 6c comprise two vertical members 8
which are adjacent to each other in parallel relation, and
the main structural frame element 6d comprises an arch
member 4’ part. The main structural frame elements 6a,
20 6b, 6c, 6d form the respective sides of a rectangular.
[0030] On the other hand, the auxiliary triangular struc-
tural frame 9 comprises three auxiliary structural frame
elements 9a, 9b, 9c. The auxiliary structural frame ele-
ment 9a comprises a diagonal member for joining an in-
25 termediate part of the main structural frame element 6b
(one vertical member 8) and an intermediate part of the
main structural frame element 6a (the lower chord 3 part),
the auxiliary structural frame element 9b comprises a di-
agonal member for joining an intermediate part of the
30 main structural frame element 6c (the other vertical mem-
ber 8) and an intermediate part of the main structural
frame element 6a (the lower chord 3 part). The auxiliary
structural frame element 9c comprises a chord for joining
an intermediate part of the main structural element 6b as
35 the vertical member 8 and an intermediate part of the
main structural frame element 6c as the vertical member
8.
[0031] Accordingly, the auxiliary structural frame ele-
ments 9a, 9b of the auxiliary triangular structural frame
40 9 are bolted to the intermediate part of the main structural
frame element 6a through a gusset plate 12a, the auxil-
iary structural frame elements 9a, 9c are bolted to the
intermediate part of the main structural frame element
6b through a gusset plate 12b, and the auxiliary structural
45 frame elements 9b, 9c are bolted to the intermediate part
of the main structural frame element 6c through a gusset
plate 12c, thereby forming the joined parts P1, P2, P3.
[0032] In FIG. 10, a pair of auxiliary triangular structural
frames 9, 9’ which commonly have the auxiliary structure
50 frame element 9c as the chord, the auxiliary structural
frame elements 9a’, 9b’ which comprise the diagonal
member of the auxiliary triangular frame 9’ are joined to
an intermediate part of the main structural frame 6d which
comprises the arch member 4’ part through the gusset
55 plate 12d, thereby forming the joined parts P1, P2, P3,
P4.
[0033] In other words, a parallelogrammic structural
frame, which comprises the auxiliary structural frame el-
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ements 9a, 9b, 9a’, 9b’, is constructed at an inner side
of the main rectangular structural frame 6’. A diagonal
member comprising the auxiliary structural frame ele-
ment 9c is inserted along a diagonal line which joins the
opposing vertexes of the parallelogrammic structural
frame, and the respective vertexes of the parallelogram-
mic structural frame are joined to intermediate parts of
the main structural frame members 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d.
[0034] In the arch bridge, a cable 10 extending in a
longitudinal direction of the arch bridge is stretched be-
tween a nearby part of the joined part at the vertex of the
auxiliary triangular structural frame 9 on the side of the
first end of the arch girder and a nearby part of the joined
part at the corresponding vertex of the auxiliary triangular
structural frame 9 on the side of the second end of the
arch girder, deflecting means 11 adapted to exert a down-
ward directing force to the cable 10 is inserted between
the cable 10 and the lower chord 3 of the arch girder
member 4’ so as to tension the cable 10, and an upward
directing force W1 is exerted to the lower chord 3 by a
reacting force attributable to tension of the cable 10
through the deflecting means 11.
[0035] The deflecting means 11 is attached to the low-
er chord 3 by a bolt or the like such that the deflecting
means 11 is projected downward with its lower end sup-
porting the cable 10.
[0036] As one preferable example, as shown in FIG.
8, the cable 10 extending in the longitudinal direction of
the bridge is stretched between the joined parts P1, P2
of the vertexes of the auxiliary triangular structural frames
9 with respect to the lower chord 3, i.e., between the
joined parts P1, P2 of the main structural frame elements
6a with respect to the auxiliary structural frame elements
9a, 9b, on the first and second ends. Deflecting means
11 for exerting a downward directing force to the cable
10 is inserted for tensioning the cable 10 between the
cable 10 and the lower chord 3, so that an upward direct-
ing force W1 is exerted to the lower chord 3 through the
deflecting means 11 and an upward directing force W1
is exerted to the lower chord 3, while exerting a tensile
force to the joined parts P1, P1, by the reacting force
attributable to tension of the cable 10.
[0037] As another preferable example, as shown in
FIGS. 9 and 10, a cable 10 extending in the longitudinal
direction of the bridge is stretched between the joined
parts P3, P3 of the vertexes of the auxiliary triangular
frames 9 with respect to the main structural frame ele-
ments 6c, i.e., between the joined parts P3, P3 of the
main structural frame elements 6c with respect to the
auxiliary structural frame elements 9b, 9c, on the first and
second end sides. Deflecting means 11 for exerting a
downward directing force to the cable 10 is inserted for
tensioning the cable 10 between the cable 10 and the
lower chord 3, so that an upward directing force W1 is
exerted to the lower chord 3 through the deflecting means
11 and an upward directing force W1 is exerted to the
bridge through the lower chord 3, while exerting a tensile
force to the joined parts P3, P3, by the reacting force
8
attributable to tension of the cable 10.
[0038] A single of plural deflecting means 11 are pro-
vided depending on the supporting interval length of the
truss bridge or arch bridge. At that time, the cable 10 in
5 the truss bridge or arch bridge diagonally extends be-
tween the joined part P1 and the deflecting means 11 on
the first end and between the joined part P3 and the de-
flecting means 11 on the second end, but it horizontally
extends between the deflecting means 11, 11.
10 [0039] In case the opposite ends of the cable 10 are
joined to the connecting points P3, the auxiliary structural
frame element 9c is diagonally oriented on a diagonal
axis at the diagonally extending part of the cable 10.
[0040] The cable 10 in the truss bridge or arch bridge
15 used in this embodiment is a steel cable called "PC ca-
ble", in which opposite ends of the cable are provided
with male threads 14. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, cable
threaders 13 are each attached to the joined parts P1,
P3, and the opposite ends of the cable 10 are inserted
20 in the cable threaders 13. A nut 15 is threadingly engaged
with the male thread part of the cable 10 at the outer end
of the cable threader 13, and the nut 15 is abutted with
the outer end of the cable threader 13 so that the ten-
sioning state of the cable 10 can be maintained.
25 [0041] That is, the opposite ends or one end of the
cable 10 is pulled by a towing machine to create a ten-
sioning state of the cable 10. In that state, the nut 15 is
threadingly advanced and abutted with the outer end of
the cable threader 13 to maintain the tensioning state of
30 the cable 10. Accordingly, the nut 15 constitutes a stopper
against the tensile force.
[0042] In that tensioning state, the cable 10 is, as
shown in FIG. 6, is inserted in a cable guide groove 16
formed in a cable guide at a lower end of the deflecting
35 means 11 and urged hard against the deflecting means
11 and tensioned in a state in which a relatively downward
directing force is exerted to the cable 10. As a reacting
force of this downward directing force, the upward direct-
ing force W1 is generated.
40 [0043] A simple or plural cables 10 are stretched on
one side in the widthwise direction of the bridge. In case
plural cables 10 are stretched on the opposite sides, a
plurality of the cable guide grooves 16 are formed in par-
allel.
45 [0044] The floor slab 1 is supported by a vertical girder
22 which is formed of an H-shaped steel extending in the
longitudinal direction of the bridge and a horizontal girder
23 which is formed of an H-shaped steel for joining the
vertical girders 22. The opposite ends of the horizontal
50 girder 23 are joined to the lower chord 3 formed of an H-
shaped steel of the truss girder 2 or arch girder 7. The
upward directing force W1 is exerted to the vertical girder
22 through the horizontal girder 23, thereby exerting the
upward directing force W1 to the entire bridge.
55 [0045] A prop post formed of steel or the like is used
as the deflecting means 11. Preferably, a jack which can
be adjusted in the downward directing force by controlling
the expanding/contracting amount is used as the deflect-
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ing means 11.
[0046] As the jack, a jack having a hydraulic cylinder
structure or pneumatic cylinder structure can be used.
[0047] A thread type jack can also be used. Particularly
preferably, a hydraulic thread type jack 11, as shown in
FIGS. 11A and 11B, may be used which can be expand-
ed/contracted by hydraulic pressure and which can be
fixed in expanding or contracting position by threading
engagement.
[0048] That is, a jack 11 is used which has both the
hydraulic cylinder structure and thread type jack struc-
ture. In this jack 11, one end of a cylinder rod 17 is slidingly
fitted airtight to the inside of the cylinder 18, and a male
thread is formed at the outer peripheral surface of the
other end part of the cylinder rod 17 which projects from
the cylinder 18. A stopper flange 19 is threadingly en-
gaged with the male thread, and a hydraulic pressure
feed port 21 for feeding a hydraulic pressure into a hy-
draulic chamber 20 formed at a lower surface of the cyl-
inder rod 17 at an inner bottom part of the cylinder 18 is
provided to the cylinder 18.
[0049] By feeding the hydraulic pressure through the
hydraulic pressure feed port 21, the cylinder rod 17 is
expanded by a constant expanding amount, thereby ex-
erting a constant tensioning force (downward directing
force) to the cable 10.
[0050] Then, the downward directing force exerted to
the cable 10 is confirmed by a pressure gauge. In the
state in which the downward directing force is exerted to
the cable 10, the stopper flange 19 is threadingly retract-
ed along the cylinder rod 17 and sat on an end face of
the cylinder 18. Hence, contraction of the cylinder rod 17
is prohibited and the expansion is retained so that the
downward directing force exerted to the cable 10 is set
and retained.
[0051] After the expanding state is retained by prohib-
iting the threading retraction of cylinder rod 17 by the
stopper flange 19, the hydraulic pressure within the hy-
draulic chamber 20 is extracted through the hydraulic
pressure feed port 21. Thereafter, the downward direct-
ing pressure exerted to the cable 10 is maintained by the
thread type cylinder rod 17, thereby maintaining the ten-
sioning state of the cable 10.
[0052] In case the cable 10 is loosened with the pas-
sage of time, the hydraulic pressure is fed again, so that
the tensioning state can be corrected and the downward
directing force can be corrected.
[0053] FIGS. 12 and 13 show comparison examples
of the present invention. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, in
case the opposite ends of the cable 10 are stretched
between the opposite ends of the truss girder 2 or arch
girder 7 without providing the auxiliary triangular struc-
tural frame 9 and the deflecting means 11, the tensioning
force of the cable 10 merely exerts a main axial force
(compressive force), as indicated by arrows, to the lower
chord 3, and it is not effectively transmitted to other main
structural frames, i.e., the upper chord 4 and the diagonal
member 5 in the truss girder 2, or the arch member 4’
10
and the vertical member 8 in the arch girder 7, thereby
reducing the reinforcement effect thereof.
[0054] As shown in FIG. 13, in case the deflecting
means 11 is provided between the cable 10 and the lower
5 chord 3 of FIG. 12 and no auxiliary triangular structural
frame 9 is provided, an axial force (compressive force
and pulling force) as indicated by arrows of FIG. 13 is
applied to the main triangular structural frame 6 of the
respective girders 2, 7.
10 [0055] Particularly, in case the auxiliary triangular
structural frame 9 is not provided, in the main structural
frame 6a formed by each end part (first or second end
part) of the lower chord 3, an axial force as indicated by
arrows is applied to the outer main structural frame ele-
15 ment part 6a’ and the inner main structural frame element
part 6a" with respect to the joined part P1. As a result, a
strong shearing force and a bending moment are applied
to the joined part P1.
[0056] On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, in case
20 the auxiliary triangular structural frame 9 is provided and
the cable 10 is stretched between the joined parts P1,
P3, no axial force is applied to the outer main structural
frame element part 6a’ with respect to the joined part P1
at all, and no shearing force nor bending moment are
25 applied thereto.
[0057] The tensioning force of the cable 10 is effec-
tively transmitted to other main structural frame, i.e., the
upper chord 4 and the diagonal member 5 in the truss
girder 2 or the arch member 4’ and the vertical member
30 8 in the arch girder 7, while exerting an axial force (com-
pressive force) to the lower chord 3, so that the reinforce-
ment effect thereof is effectively induced. Hence, the
present invention is suitable as a reinforcement structure
of a truss girder 2 or an arch girder 7.
35 [0058] Obviously, many modifications and variations
of the present invention are possible in light of the above
teachings. It is, therefore, to be understood that within
the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be
practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
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Claims
1. A reinforcement structure of a truss bridge compris-
45 ing a truss girder (2) a first and a second end of which
are each provided with a main triangular structural
frame (6) a cable (10) extending in a longitudinal
direction of said truss bridge being stretched be-
tween end parts of the bridge and deflecting means
50 (11) adapted to exert a downward directing force to
said cable (10) being inserted between said cable
(10) and a lower chord (W11) of said truss girder so
as to tension said cable (10), an upward directing
force being exerted to said lower chord (3) by a re-
55 acting force attributable to tension of said cable (10)
through said deflecting means (11), characterized
in that said main triangular structural frame (6) is
further provided at an inner side thereof with an aux-
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iliary triangular structural frame (9), said auxiliary tri-
angular structural frame (9) being joined at vertexes
(P1, P2, P3) thereof with frame structural elements
at the respective sides (6a, 6b, 6c) of said main tri-
angular structural frame (6), and said cable (10) is
stretched between a nearby part of the joined part
at said vertex (P1,P2,P3) of said auxiliary triangular
structural frame (9) on the side of said first end of
said truss girder and a nearby part of the joined part
at the corresponding vertex of said auxiliary triangu-
lar structural frame (9) on the side of said second
end of said truss girder.
2. A reinforcement structure of an arch bridge compris-
ing an arch girder (7) a first and a second end of
which are each provided with a main triangular struc-
tural frame (6) or main rectangular structural frame
(6’), a cable (10) extending in a longitudinal direction
of said arch bridge being stretched between end por-
tions of the bridge and deflecting means (11) adapt-
ed to exert a downward directing force to said cable
being inserted between said cable and a chord of
said arch girder so as to tension said cable, an up-
ward directing force being exerted to said lower
chord by a reacting force attributable to tension of
said cable through said deflecting means , charac-
terized in that said main triangular structural frame
(6) or main rectangular structure frame (6’) is further
provided at an inner side thereof with an auxiliary
triangular structural frame (9), said auxiliary triangu-
lar structural frame (9) being joined at vertexes (P1,
P2, P3) thereof with frame structural elements at the
respective sides said main triangular structural
frame (6) or main rectangular structural frame (6’)
said cable (10) is stretched between a nearby part
of the joined part at said vertex (P1, P2, P3) auxiliary
triangular structural frame (9) on the side of said first
end of said arch girder and a nearby part of the joined
part at the corresponding vertex (P1, P2, P3) of said
auxiliary triangular structural frame (9) on the side
of said second end of said arch girder and said de-
flecting means (11) are inserted between said cable
(10) and a layer chord (3) of said etch grider (7).
3. A reinforcement structure of a truss bridge or arch
bridge according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said de-
flecting means is constituted by a jack (11) capable
of controlling said downward directing force by con-
trolling an expanding/contracting amount.
Patentansprüche
1. Verstärkungskonstruktion für eine Gitterbrücke, be-
stehend aus einem Gitterträger (2), dessen erstes
und zweites Ende jeweils mit einem Hauptdreieck-
konstruktionsrahmen (6) versehen sind, einem Ka-
bel (10), das sich in Längsrichtung der Gitterbrücke
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erstreckt und zwischen Endteilen der Brücke und
Spannelementen (11) gespannt ist, die geeignet
sind, eine nach unten gerichtete Kraft auf das Kabel
(10) auszuüben und die zwischen das Kabel (10)
5 und einen unteren Gurt (3) des Gitterträgers einge-
setzt sind, um das Kabel (10) zu spannen, wobei
eine nach oben gerichtete Kraft (W1) auf den unteren
Gurt (3) durch eine Reaktionskraft aufgrund der
Spannung des Kabels (10) durch die Spannelemen-
10 te (11) ausgeübt wird, I
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
der Hauptdreieckkonstruktionsrahmen (6) weiterhin
an dessen Innenseite mit einem Hilfsdreieckkon-
struktionsrahmen (9) versehen ist, der an dessen
15 Scheitelpunkten (P1, P2, P3) mit Rahmenkonstruk-
tionselementen (6a, 6b, 6c) an den jeweiligen Seiten
des Hauptdreieckkonstruktionsrahmen (6) verbun-
den ist, und das Kabel (10) zwischen einem benach-
barten Abschnitt des verbundenen Teils am Schei-
20 telpunkt (P1, P2, P3) des Hilfsdreieckkonstruktions-
rahmens (9) auf einer Seite des ersten Endes des
Gitterträgers und einem benachbarten Abschnittes
verbundenen Teils am entsprechenden Scheitel-
punkt des Hilfsdreieckkonstruktionsrahmens (9) auf
25 der Seite des zweiten Endes des Gitterträgers ge-
spannt ist.
2. Verstärkungskonstruktion für eine Bogenbrücke, be-
stehend aus einem Bogenträger (7), dessen ersten
30 und zweites Ende mit einem Hauptdreieckkonstruk-
tionsrahmen (6) oder einem Hauptrechteckkon-
struktionsrahmen (6’) versehen ist, einem Kabel
(10), das sich in Längsrichtung der Bogenbrücke er-
streckt und zwischen Endabschnitten der Brücke ge-
35 spannt ist, und Spannelementen (11) die geeignet
sind, eine nach unten gerichtete Kraft auf das Kabel
auszuüben und zwischen das Kabel und einen Gurt
des Bogenträgers eingesetzt sind, um das Kabel zu
spannen, wobei eine nach oben gerichtete Kraft auf
40 den unteren Gurt durch eine Reaktionskraft auf-
grund der Spannung des Kabels durch die Span-
nelemente ausgeübt wird,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
der Hauptdreieckkonstruktionsrahmen (6) oder der
45 Hauptrechteckkonstruktionsrahmen (6’) weiterhin
an dessen Innenseite mit einem Hilfsdreieckkon-
struktionsrahmen (9) versehen ist, der an dessen
Scheitelpunkten (P1, P2, P3) mit Rahmenkonstruk-
tionselementen an die jeweiligen Seiten des Haupt-
50 dreieckkonstruktionsrahmes (6) oder des Haupt-
rechteckkonstruktionsrahmens (6’) verbunden ist,
das Kabel (10) zwischen einem benachbarten Ab-
schnitt des verbundenen Teils am Scheitelpunkt (P1,
P2, P3) des Hilfsdreieckkonstruktionsrahmens (9)
55 auf der Seite des ersten Endes des Bogenträgers
und einem benachbarten Abschnitt des verbunde-
nen Teils des entsprechenden Scheitelpunkts (P1,
P2, P3) des Hilfsdreieckkonstruktionsrahmens (9)
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auf der Seite des zweiten Endes des Bogenträgers
gespannt ist, und die Spannelemente (11) zwischen
das Kabel (10) und den unteren Gurt (3) des Bogen-
trägers (7) eingesetzt ist.
3. Verstärkungskonstruktion einer Gitterbrücke oder
einer Bogenbrücke nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, bei der
die Ablenkelemente aus einer Hubeinrichtung (11)
bestehen, die die nach unten gerichtete Kraft durch
Steuern einer Expansions/Kontraktionsgröße steu-
ern kann.
Revendications
1. Structure de renforcement pour un pont en treillis
comportant une poutre en treillis (2) dont une pre-
mière et une seconde extrémité comporte chacune
un cadre principal (6) à structure triangulaire, un câ-
ble (10) s’étendant dans la direction longitudinale du
pont en treillis en étant tendu entre les extrémités du
pont, et des moyens de déviation (11) destinés à
exercer une force dirigée vers le bas sur le câble
(10), ces moyens étant interposés entre le câble (10)
et la corde inférieure (W11) de la poutre en treillis
de façon à mettre le câble (10) en tension, une force
dirigée vers le haut étant exercée sur la corde infé-
rieure (3) par la réaction engendrée par la tension
du câble (10) par le moyen de déviation (11),
caractérisée en ce que
le cadre principal (6) à structure triangulaire compor-
te en outre sur son côté intérieur, un cadre auxiliaire
(9) à structure triangulaire, ce cadre auxiliaire (9) à
structure triangulaire étant réuni par les sommets
(P1, P2, P3) aux éléments de structure des côtés
respectifs (6a, 6b, 6c) du cadre principal (6) à struc-
ture triangulaire, et
le câble (10) est tendu entre une pièce voisine de la
pièce réunie au sommet (P1, P2, P3) du cadre auxi-
liaire (9) à structure triangulaire, sur le côté de la
première extrémité de la poutre en treillis et une piè-
ce voisine de la pièce réunie au sommet correspon-
dant du cadre auxiliaire (9) à structure triangulaire
sur le côté de la seconde extrémité de la poutre en
treillis.
2. Structure de renforcement d’un pont en arche com-
portant une poutre en arche (7) dont une première
et une seconde extrémité comportent chacune un
cadre principal (6) à structure triangulaire ou cadre
principal (6’) à structure rectangulaire,
un câble (10) s’étendant dans la direction longitudi-
nale du pont en arche, entre les parties d’extrémité
du pont, et
des moyens de déviation (11) étant destinés à exer-
cer une force dirigée vers le bas sur le câble, ces
moyens étant interposés entre le câble et une corde
de la poutre en arche de façon à mettre le câble en
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tension, une force dirigée vers le haut étant exercée
sur la corde par la force de réaction engendrée par
la tension du câble par les moyens de déviation,
caractérisée en ce que
5 le cadre principal (6) à structure triangulaire ou le
cadre principal (6’) à structure rectangulaire est muni
en outre, au niveau du côté intérieur, d’un cadre auxi-
liaire (9) à structure triangulaire,
ce cadre auxiliaire (9) à structure triangulaire étant
10 réuni par les sommets (P1, P2, P3) aux éléments de
structure du cadre sur les côtés respectifs du cadre
principal (6) à structure triangulaire ou du cadre prin-
cipal (6’) à structure rectangulaire,
le câble (10) étant tendu entre une pièce voisine de
15 la pièce réunie au sommet (P1, P2, P3) du cadre
auxiliaire (9) à structure triangulaire sur le côté de la
première extrémité de la poutre en arche et d’une
pièce voisine de la pièce réunie au sommet corres-
pondant (P1, P2, P3) du cadre auxiliaire (9) à struc-
20 ture triangulaire sur le côté de la seconde extrémité
de la poutre en arche, et
les moyens de déviation (11) sont insérés entre le
câble (10) et la corde inférieure (3) de la poutre en
arche (7).
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3. Structure de renforcement d’un pont en treillis ou
d’un pont en arche selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
caractérisée en ce que
le moyen de déviation est constitué par un vérin (11)
30 permettant de commander la force dirigée vers le
bas par la commande de l’expansion / rétraction.
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