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idge decks are chosen as the most appropriate deck type. Typically, these types of precast<br />

panel concrete decks are designed as a transverse beam supported by the main longitudinal<br />

girders. While cast-in-place concrete decks designed as transverse beams have been the<br />

standard <strong>for</strong> decades, bridge deck type and design is continuing to evolve.<br />

2.3.1 Loads Relative to Deck Slab Design<br />

From the construction stage to the whole service life, the bridge deck must sustain<br />

various loads. The bridge engineer must take into account a wide variety of loads which vary<br />

based on duration (permanent or temporary), de<strong>for</strong>mation (concrete creep, thermal<br />

expansion, etc.), and effect (shear, bending, compression, torsion, etc.).<br />

• Permanent Loads<br />

(a) Dead Load. The dead load on a deck slab is the aggregate weight of all elements.<br />

This includes the deck, wearing surface, stay-in-place <strong>for</strong>ms, sidewalks and railings,<br />

parapets, signing, and utilities.<br />

(b) Superimposed Dead Load. Superimposed dead loads are those loads added onto<br />

the deck after it has cured. From the list of elements mentioned previously, the<br />

designer should treat items such as sidewalks, railings, parapets, signing, utilities and<br />

the wearing surface independently.<br />

• Temporary Loads<br />

(a) Vehicle Live Load. To help designers accurately model the live load on a<br />

structure, hypothetical design vehicles based on truck loading, such as HS 20, were<br />

developed by AASHTO.<br />

(b) Impact. In order to account <strong>for</strong> the dynamic effects of the loading of a moving<br />

vehicle onto a structure, an impact factor is used as a multiplier <strong>for</strong> certain structural<br />

elements.<br />

(c) Construction Loads. During the construction period, large stresses in the<br />

structural members may be induced. It is the engineers’ responsibility to consider this<br />

effect.<br />

• De<strong>for</strong>mation and Response Loads<br />

(a) Shrinkage. Shrinkage is the natural change in volume of concrete. Besides<br />

limiting the effects of shrinkage by better curing the concrete, rein<strong>for</strong>cement is added<br />

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