Design, construction and performance of the Monash pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer footbridge

Colin C. Caprani; Jun Wei Ngan; Ehsan Ahmadi; Shao Hua Zhang; Yu Bai; Sindu Satasivam

doi:10.1016/j.istruc.2023.03.090

Design, construction and performance of the Monash pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer footbridge

Colin C. Caprani^*, Jun Wei Ngan, Ehsan Ahmadi, Shao Hua Zhang, Yu Bai, Sindu Satasivam

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Monash University

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Abstract

This paper describes the design, construction, and performance testing of the Monash Bridge (MB). The MB is a pultruded glass fibre-reinforced (pGFRP) footbridge built from individual standard pGFRP sections bonded using epoxy. The MB is designed to conform to current guidelines for GFRP footbridges in order to evaluate their performance. The design process of the MB is facilitated with numerical modelling techniques. This paper details the construction method of the MB, from which lessons that are learned may be relevant to other similar constructions. The construction process shows the potential of epoxy-bonding in practical construction of similar structures. This paper also reports on the performance of the MB, namely the static and dynamic performances. While the static performance is shown to be good, testing showed high levels of acceleration responses during walking trials, indicating that current vibration rules are not generally applicable for GFRP footbridges and that more advanced assessment of vibration serviceability should be conducted for new designs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	970-984
Number of pages	15
Journal	Structures
Volume	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.03.090
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 17 Mar 2023

Funding

This work is supported by the Monash University Faculty of Engineering Seed Funding Scheme. The authors would like to thank all laboratory staff of the Monash University Structural Laboratory for their role and contribution towards the construction and testing works of the MB. The authors also acknowledge student contributions of Julio Bintoro, Gustavo Carvalho, Chris Keys, and Henrique De Salles towards the construction and testing of the MB.

Keywords

Construction process
Design
Finite element
Footbridge
Pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer
Sandwich panel
Static performance
Vibration serviceability performance

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