This study investigates the torsional behavior within the geometric range of the curved PSC bridge designed and constructed in the recent work. Compared with the design specifications for torsion on the Korean Highway Bridge Design Specification(2010), the reasonable torsional reinforcement design criteria are reviewed and proposed for curved PSC girder. A numerical study investigates the torsional behavior of a curved PSC box girder. From the study on the geometrical shape of the curved beam and the torsion caused by the eccentric load of the vehicle load in this study, the following results were derived: the design criteria for diaphragm and crossbeam as presented in the current Korean Highway Bridge Design Specifications (2010 & 2015) are based on the single PC box bridge applied by the FCM or ILM method, therefore the criteria is very conservative about the multi-box girder bridge type bridge in this study.

Several studies concerning the lateral torsional buckling of horizontally curved I-beams have been made by different researchers. However, these studies are mostly limited to linear analysis and involving only single girders having single span. Nonlinear analysis of horizontally curved I-beams have been very limited or almost none. The aims of this study are to give a brief summary of the studies that have been made involving several factors concerning the lateral torsional buckling capacity of horizontally curved I-beams and to show several analyses that focused on determining the behavior of the horizontally curved I-beams that experience lateral torsional buckling failure. Subjects discussed in this study include: (1) different design provisions involving LTB of curved I-beams; (2) different equations that can be used concerning LTB of curved I-beams; (3) effect of cross frames; (4) effects of cross frame spacing; and (5) analysis results and trends comparing LTB strength of curved I-beams to straight beams. The summary of these studies will be essential in determining the future studies that has to be made involving the lateral torsional buckling of horizontally curved I-girder bridges which should cover single girder and multi girder systems as well as single span and multi span curved bridge systems.