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    Repairs

    Bearing Replacement & STUs


    M4 Hambrook Viaduct

    Client
    Highways Agency Hambrook Viaduct is situated near J19 of the M5 where it meets the
    Area 2 Consultant M32 spur into Bristol. As part of a general strengthening and repair
    W. S. Atkins programme to the existing 6 No. piers and 4 No. abutments Freyssinet
    Principal Contractor were contracted to supply, install and induce load into 312 No.
    Norwest Holst elastomeric bearings and 104 No. mechanical bearings. 12 No. Shock
    Specialist subcontractor
    Transmission Units (STU’s) were also fitted.
    Freyssinet
    Work completed
    The replacement bearings were fixed between newly cast bearing plinths
    March 2000
    and the deck soffit using an approved system of bonding adhesives and
    Subcontract value
    epoxy mortars. Once a set of bearings had been installed at a pier or
    £185,000
    abutment location, load was induced simultaneously into all the bearings
    using a complex circuit of up to 52 No. permanent Freyssinet flat jacks,
    1 installed one under each bearing. The structure was lifted by no more than
    1 mm at each location. This uplift was continuously monitored at each
    bearing location with a system of mechanical dial gauges placed between
    the deck soffit and the abutment shelf. The Freyssinet flat jacks were initially
    pressurised with hydraulic oil and locked off in the temporary state. At a later
    date, the Freyssinet flat jacks were then transfused hydraulically with a three
    part epoxy resin to form a solid mechanical packer under the base of each
    bearing. To complete the bearing installation sequence, the Freyssinet flat
    jacks were protected by encasing them in a cementitious mortar surround.
    The Transpec® SHT 550-100 STUs were installed as a measure to absorb
    any sudden longitudinal shock loadings from vehicle braking on the deck,
    and transfer the forces into the newly strengthened piers and abutments.
    Manufactured by Freyssinet, the STU expands and contracts with the
    structure over a thermal range of -18 °C to +35 °C and provides no
    resistance to the gradual thermal movement of the structure. Should any
    2
    sudden shock load be induced longitudinally into the deck of the structure,
    3 the unit will lock up and become a load transfer mechanism. The load
    capacity of each STU is 550kN in both tension and compression. The STU’s
    are mounted within a bracket arrangement fixed to the structure designed
    such that any subsequent repair or maintenance to the unit can be made
    with minimum disturbance to the assembly. Each unit was rigorously tested
    prior to delivery by Bochum University in an extensive test programme
    specified by the client.

    1 View on a pair of piers showing the new bearing installation


    2 New bearings in position, plinth contains transfused flat jack
    3 Transverse loads are taken by side mounted bearings
    4 4 Transpec SHT 550-100 Shock Transmission Unit

    Freyssinet Ltd. Innovation House, Euston Way, Town Centre, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4LT
    Phone +44 (0) 1952 201901 Fax +44 (0) 1952 201753 Email [email protected]

    freyssinet.co.uk

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