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RC floor
Shear connectors
S
Main plate
girder
h
Cross-section S
2
-S
2
S
Hinged bearing
S
1
S
2
S
1
B
Main plate girders
RC floor
S
2
Main
plate
girder
L
1
L
1
Roller
bearing
L
2
L
2
Cross
bracing
L
3
L
3
Side view
(Section
S-S
)
Figure 1.21 General layout of a highway steel-concrete composite bridge.
Plan of lower wind bracing
(Section
S
1
-S
1
)
Headed stud shear connectors were used to transmit shear forces at the steel-
concrete interface and to ensure that both components work together in
resisting applied traffic loads. The main plate girders are supported on hinged
and roller bearings, which rest on foundations or piers. The traffic loads are
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