Abstract:To cancel the orthotropic steel deck (OSD), a new type of structural steel open rib - UHPC composite deck is proposed, that is to use T-shaped steel instead of complex U-ribs. Taking a double-cable double-plane long-span cable-stayed bridge as the background, through the combination of overall and local mechanical analysis, the feasibility and advantages of the application of the new composite deck in the field of long-span cable-stayed bridges are studied, and the comparison with the traditional OSD is carried out in terms of structural mechanical performance and technical economy. The results show that the overall mechanical performance of the two schemes is relatively close under the transverse simply supported state of the long-span cable-stayed bridge. Under the normal usage limit state, the maximum longitudinal and transverse tensile stresses of the UHPC layer in the new composite deck are 7.96 MPa and 6.92 MPa, respectively, which all meet the crack resistance requirements. In the overall and local mechanical analysis, the stresses of the steel top plate in the new composite deck scheme are obviously improved compared with the original scheme, and the maximum stresses are reduced by 16% and 81.9% respectively. The stress amplitudes of each fatigue detail of the new composite deck are far below the fatigue strength limit in the specification, indicating that the new composite deck has the excellent fatigue performance and higher safety reserve. The deck weight of the new composite deck scheme is basically the same as that of the OSD scheme, but the cost per square meter is reduced by about 34.4%, indicating that the new composite deck also has a good application prospect in the field of long-span cable-stayed bridges.