Research Article

Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Deformations and Stress Distribution in Steel Bands of a Two-Span Stress-Ribbon Pedestrian Bridge

Table 3

Test results and analytical predictions of vertical displacements due to asymmetrical load.

Indicator
Sag , mmΔf, mmError, %Sag , mm, mmError, %
TestPredictionTestPrediction

I2−33.77−32.91−2.5−45.38−44.69−3.7
I3−142.67−46.67−43.90−5.9−137.84−60.82−58.25−4.2
I4−33.47−32.91−1.7−44.92−44.69−2.7
I1134.3435.754.150.8154.397.0
I12–141.2546.5547.672.4−138.0669.7872.523.9
I1333.2835.757.448.1054.3913.1

Horizontal displacement , mm
I5−6.90−6.84−0.9−9.14−9.160.2