Abstract:Against the backdrop of urban renewal, the elevated road sections with saturated traffic are being reconstructed. To guarantee the normal traffic of existing roads, the lightweight precast concrete bent caps are adopted for installation in the project. The multiple lightweighting schemes for precast bent caps are sorted out, including the application of lightweight and high-strength materials, the optimization of structural systems and the improvement of construction methods, and the longitudinal segmentation scheme of precast concrete bent caps is specially studied. For large-cantilever precast bent caps, three types of longitudinal segmentation schemes are compared and analyzed. The scheme of setting full-section wet joints after longitudinal segmentation has a relative advantage, and its design and construction schemes are analyzed in detail, which is convenient for promotion and application in similar engineering construction projects.