Damage analysis and assessment of concrete T-girder bridge based on fire scene numerical reconstruction

Abstract

Fire is a sporadic disaster of concrete bridges, with diverse fire environments and complex damage mechanisms. Accurately evaluating the damage situation of concrete bridges after a fire is exceedingly challenging. This study formulates a damage analysis and assessment method based on the step-by-step and progressively deepening working principle. The method relies on fire scene numerical reconstruction and encompasses key technical aspects, including bridge detection and analysis during the fire incident, fire scene numerical reconstruction, and subsequent bridge damage assessment. Building upon these principles, the study utilizes results from the detection and analysis of the concrete T-girder bridge during a fire incident to establish Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Method (FEM) models for the numerical reconstruction of the fire scene. These models enable the calculation of varying temperature distributions and the evolution of the bridge under fire. Compared with the parameters obtained through the ISO834 method, the numerical reconstruction approaches not only enhances the accuracy of replicating the bridge combustion process but also enables the extraction of temperature field distribution patterns within the bridge fire space and its concrete components.

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