The results of the deflections at the centre of the girder
were taken with following sequence:
For no load condition at 1 Hr interval with deflection
and temperature for 24 Hrs.
a.
Placing the load 25% at a time, take the readings
wait for two hours add further load and again
take the reading.
Full load placed for 24 Hrs and readings were
taken.
Quarter load was removed after 3 Hours and intermediate
readings of deflections were taken.
Similarly readings were also taken 24 hours on
removal of load.