Abstract:To explore the influence of hinge joint structure and damage parameters on the load transverse distribution performance of prefabricated hollow slab bridges, a quantitative basis is provided for the design optimization and status evaluation of hollow slab bridge. Taking a simple-supported hollow slab beam bridge as the engineering background, a refined solid finite element model is established by using ABAQUS software systematically to analyze the sensibility of parameters such as hinge joint structure sizes (large, medium and small), damage degree (0%-75% reduction in elastic modulus), damage length (0-25 m), and hinge joint reinforcement configuration. The research result shows that the large hinge joint structure exhibits the optimal load transverse transfer performance and the good agreement with the calculation results of the hinged slab beam method. The setup of hinge joint reinforcement can significantly enhance the transverse integrity of the bridge, reducing the transverse distribution coefficient of the load by up to 10.14% at most. The damage of hinge joint will weaken the transverse load-carrying capacity of the bridge structure, in which when a damage degree is to 75% and a damage length increases to 25 m, the maximum increase of 8.53% and 3.66% will be resulted respectively in the transverse distribution coefficient of the load compared with the non-destructive state. And when the damage length exceeds 15 m, its influence tends to stabilize. Therefore, the optimization of hinge joint structure and reinforcement is the key to improve the transverse integrity of the bridge.