Temperature Gradient and Its Effect on Long-Span Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridge

Figure 12

The predicted vertical temperature distributions along the depth of the girder for the four sunny days: (a) section T1 on June 7, 2010; (b) section T1 on June 19, 2010; (c) section T1 on July 22, 2010; (d) section T1 on August 3, 2010; (e) section T2 on June 7, 2010; (f) section T2 on June 19, 2010; (g) section T2 on July 22, 2010; (d) section T2 on August 3, 2010.

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