Effects of support position of a line bearing on load carrying capacity of a riveted steel girder end

Abstract

The incline or the settlement of an abutment or a pier due to aged deterioration, flood and earthquake cause inappropriate support condition of a line bearing, which could decrease the load carrying capacity of a steel girder end. In this study, the load carrying capacity and resistance mechanism of the riveted steel girder end was evaluated according to the support position movement of the line bearing by carrying out the loading experiment with the full scale specimens of girder end and finite element analysis.