Static test research on steel bridge deck pavement structures paved by high-content hybrid fibre polymer concrete

Abstract Steel bridge deck pavement has always been a key and difficult point in the construction of long-span bridges. In practical engineering, common paving material is asphalt, and serious damage is caused on the pavement layer in the early stage. In this study, a high-performance high-content hybrid fibre polymer concrete was used as the paving material. A test was conducted on the small beam of the composite structure formed by the pavement layer and steel plate, and a positive/negative bending moment test was conducted to analyse the stiffness and bearing capacity of the composite structure. As revealed in the research results, the flexural and tensile stiffness of the structure and the bearing capacity of the composite structure showed superior performance, increased significantly with the pavement thickness, but increased slowly after the pavement thickness exceeded 80 mm and the increase in thickness contributed little to the bearing capacity. Under the simulated action of a positive/negative bending moment, the pavement layer still exhibited certain ductile failure features when the structure was bearing an ultimate load. This proves that high-content hybrid fibre polymer concrete exhibits suitable mechanical properties for steel bridge deck pavement.