Out-of-Plane Deformation Analysis of the Thin-Walled Closed Curved Box Girder under the Temperature Gradient

Table 3

Comparison of the torque reaction.

Bearing	Bearing torque	Finite element results (kN·m)	Ignore warpage (kN·m)	Relative difference (%)	Consider warpage (kN·m)	Relative difference (%)
Bearings near the midspan	T2	1224.05	1388.32	13.42	1310.92	7.10
	T3	1254.59		10.66		4.49
Stay away from the bearings in the middle of the span	T1	295.47	278.11	−9.64	310.44	5.07
	T4	309.70		−13.79		0.24