FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF LARGESCALE SKEW AQUEDUCT BRIDGE

This paper presents a spatial frame element analysis of large scale skew aqueduct bridge. Comparison is made between skew aqueduct bridges and straight aqueduct bridges. It is found that the internal force distribution of a skew aqueduct bridge is complicated compared with that of a straight aqueduct bridge. A skew aqueduct bridge is characterized by the internal forces of a composite structure.