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

Table 4

Comparison of the MMLS in the deck and bottom slab (unit: MPa).

Temperature gradient model	Section S2		Section T2
	MMLS in the deck	MMLS in the bottom slab	MMLS in the deck	MMLS in the bottom slab
Proposed model	0.49, −5.09	0.62, −1.83	0.07, −5.21	2.95, 2.32
JTG D60-2015	1.01, −5.91	0.02, −0.08	0.77, −5.96	1.80, 1.43
AASHTO 2017	0.78, −6.06	0.02, −0.07	0.59, −6.09	1.45, 1.14
Bridge Manual 2013	0.72, −5.43	0.10, −0.68	0.53, −5.55	2.37, 1.73
Eurocode 1	1.27, −6.01	0.19, −0.83	1.04, −5.95	1.43, 0.37