The invention discloses a steel
arch bridge vault watertight door and a sealing method thereof, relates to the technical field of
bridge engineering, and aims to solve the problems of large
assembly clearance, quick material aging, high operation torque and the like of a traditional sealing structure. The device comprises a watertight door outer cover, a composite rubber pad and a low-
torque transmission mechanism. The outer cover of the watertight door adopts a double-curvature design, the curvature error is less than 0.1 mm / m, and the outer cover is matched with the curvature
radius of 15-25m of the vault; the composite rubber pad is of an EPDM / CR / FKM three-layer gradient
hardness structure (the
hardness is 65-75 HA), the thickness is 8.0 + / -0.2 mm, and strain optimization is achieved through
vulcanization bonding. The transmission mechanism adopts a gear amplification type hand wheel, the
transmission ratio is 1: 2.5, the
maximum torque is 8 N.m, and low-torque opening and closing are achieved. The sealing method comprises the steps of double-curved-surface
machining, composite pad installation and pressing detection, the pressing force is controlled to range from 0.15 MPa to 0.20 MPa, and the pressure drop rate of a pressure maintaining test is smaller than or equal to 2%. The large-span steel
arch bridge maintenance channel has the advantages of being high in curved surface adaptability, good in sealing performance, convenient to maintain, long in service life and the like and is suitable for large-span steel
arch bridge maintenance channels.