Live Load Distribution Factors in Horizontally Curved Composite Steel I-Girder Bridges: FEM Assessment of AASHTO LRFD Provisions Under HL-93 and Iraqi HB115 Military Loading
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) live-load distribution-factor (DF) equations were calibrated on straight bridges, while their use for horizontally curved I-girder bridges is bounded by the Las/R < 0.06 rad criterion in Article 4.6....