Abstract:To compare the differences among various calculation models in the transverse analysis of cable-stayed bridge decks, taking the single-pylon central-plane concrete cable-stayed bridge of the Jiaxing Expressway Phase Ⅲ Stage Ⅱ Overpass crossing the Shanghai-Kunming Railway as the engineering background, a transverse bar system model, a spatial grid model and a solid model are established to compare the transverse stress distributions of the bridge decks under four loading conditions such as constant load, vehicle load, prestressed steel strand action, and their combinations. The results show that under the first three load cases, the positive and negative stresses and variation trends of the bridge deck in the three models are generally consistent. Compared with the other two models, the tensile stress at the upper and lower edges of the bridge deck of the transverse bar system model under the constant load is relatively small. The stress extreme value under vehicle load is relatively large, while the compressive stress under the action of prestressed steel strands is relatively small. Under the fourth condition of the three load combinations, the maximum stress difference between the transverse bar system model and the solid model is 4.6 MPa, significantly greater than the 1.7 MPa difference between the spatial grid model and the solid model. The stress results of the transverse bar system model are relatively conservative compared with the other two models. The spatial grid model can consider a certain spatial effects of the box beam, and the stress difference from the solid model is relatively small.