3. FUNCTION OF A BRIDGE
To connect two communities
which are separated by
streams, valley, railroads, etc.
4. TYPES OF BRIDGES
Type by material of construction
Type by use
Type by structure
Fixed or movable bridge
5. SPAN OF BRIDGE
• Short span : 6-30m
• Medium span: 30-100m
• Long span: >100m
• Span>6m: Bridge
• Span<6m: Culvert
6. TYPE BY MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION
• Stone bridges
• Timber bridge
• Reinforced concrete bridges
• Prestressed concrete bridges
• Steel bridge
• Aluminium
• Composite
7. TYPE BY USE
• CarTraffic
• Pedestrian
• Double-decked.
• Train bridges
• Viaducts.
9. Arch Bridge
• These bridges uses arch as a main structural
component (arch is always located below the
bridge, never above it).They are made with
one or more hinges, depending of what kind
of load and stress forces they must endure.
Typical span length
130 ft – 500 ft.
10. Very basic type of bridges that are supported
by several beams of various shapes and sizes.
Typically consists of a beam simply
supported on each side by a support and
can be made continuous later
Inexpensive to build
•Typical span length 30 to
650 ft
Beam/Girder Bridge
11. Firth of Forth Bridge,
Scotland
521m span
Cantilever Bridge
They support their load not through
vertical bracing but through diagonal
bracing.They often use truss formation
both below and above the bridge.
12. All beams in a truss bridge are
straight. Trusses are comprised
of many small beams that
together can support a large
amount of weight and span great
distances.
Typical Span lengths: 40m-
500m
Truss Bridge
13. Suspension Bridges
Bridges that use ropes or cables from
the vertical suspender to hold the
weight of bridge deck and traffic.
14. Cable-stayed Bridge
Bridge that uses deck cables that are
directly connected to one or more
vertical columns. Cables are usually
connected to columns in two ways –
harp design (each cable is attached to
the different point of the column,
creating harp like design of “strings” and
fan design (all cables connect to one
point at the top of the column).
15. Fixed or moveable bridges
• Fixed – Majority of bridges are fixed, with no moveable parts to provide
higher clearance for river/sea transport that is flowing below them.They are
designed to stay where they are made to the point they are deemed
unusable or demolished.
16. • Moveable – A movable bridge is a bridge that has dynamic moving parts used
to change the form of the bridge, usually to allow passage for boats.There are
many types of movable bridges, and they differ in the way they transform.
20. SITE SELECTION FOR BRIDGE
a. A straight reach of the river.
b. Steady river flow without cross currents:
c. A narrow channel with firm banks
d. Suitable high banks above high flood level on each side.
e. Rock or other hard in erodible strata close to the river
bed level.
g. Absence of sharp curves in the approaches;
h. Absence of expensive river training works;
i. Avoidance of excessive underwater construction
The characteristics of an ideal site for a bridge across a river
are
21. CONSTRUCTION
Some points that should keep in mind while designing the bridge-
• Must carry own weight and weight of traffic
• Must withstand force of high winds
• Must consider effects of contraction and/or
• Expansion due to temperature changes
22. • Permanent Loads: remain on the bridge for an
extended period of time (self weight of the bridge)
• Transient Loads: loads which are not permanent
- gravity loads due to vehicular, railway and
pedestrian traffic
- lateral loads due to water and wind, ice floes,
earthquake, etc.
LOADS ON BRIDGES
23. VEHICULAR LOAD
All road bridges in India are designed in accordance with “INDIAN ROAD
CONGRESS” specifications.
IRC:5-1998 , IRC:6-2000 {INDIAN ROAD CONGRESS}-
• This model consist of-
• Class AA loading
• TrackedVehicle
• WheeledVehicle
• Class A loading
• Class B loading
29. HEIGHEST BRIDGE
•MillauViaduct
Design Cable-stayed bridge
Total length 2460 m
Width 32.05 m
Height
343 m (max pylon above
ground)
Longest span 342 m
Number of spans 204 m, 6×342 m, 204 m
Clearance below 270 m (890 ft)
Notas do Editor
The arch has great natural strength. Thousands of years ago, Romans built arches out of stone. Today, most arch bridges are made of steel or concrete, and they can span up to 500m.
This type can be further subdivided into those bridges in which the primary axial forces are compressive (arches) and those in which these forces are tensile (suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges). Such forces normally have to be resisted by members carrying forces of the opposite sense.
It must not be thought that flexure is immaterial in such structures. Certainly, in most suspension bridges, flexure of the stiffening girder (see Figure 2c) is not a primary loading in that overstress is unlikely to cause overall failure; however, in cable stayed bridges (particularly if the stays are widely spaced) flexure of the girder is a primary loading. Similarly, in arch bridges, non-uniform loading of the rib can cause primary bending moments to be developed in it and may well govern the arch design.
By far the majority of bridges are of this type. The loads are transferred to the bearings and piers and hence to the ground by slabs or beams acting in flexure, i.e. the bridges obtain their load-carrying resistance from the ability of the slabs and beams to resist bending moments and shear forces. Only for the very shortest spans is it possible to adopt a slab without any form of beam. This type of bridge will thus be referred to generally as a girder bridge.
Truss bridges are not specific bridge forms in themselves - rather trusses are used to perform the functions of specific members in one of the types above. For example, a girder in flexure or an arch rib in axial compression may be designed as a truss rather than as a solid web plate girder. A truss used as a girder in flexure carries its bending moments by developing axial loads in its chords, and its shears by developing axial loads in its web members. Definitions can become somewhat blurred, e.g, a tied arch can sometimes be considered to act as a truss girder, particularly if the hangers are inclined to form a triangulated system.
Aesthetic, light, and strong, suspension bridges can span distances from305mto 1372m-- far longer than any other kind of bridge.
They also tend to be the most expensive to build.
True to its name, a suspension bridge suspends the roadway from huge main cables, which extend from one end of the bridge to the other.
These cables rest on top of high towers and are secured at each end by anchorages.
Forces
In all suspension bridges, the roadway hangs from massive steel cables, which are draped over two towers and secured into solid concrete blocks, called anchorages, on both ends of the bridge. The cars push down on the roadway, but because the roadway is suspended, the cables transfer the load into compression in the two towers. The two towers support most of the bridge's weight.
London Tower Bridge is 3 hinged suspension bridge. Tension member is a truss.
Cable-stayed Bridge
Cable-stayed bridges may look similar to suspensions bridges -- both have roadways that hang from cables and both have towers.
But bridges support the load of the roadway in very different ways.
The difference lies in how the cables are connected to the towers. In suspension bridges, the cables ride freely across the towers, transmitting the load to the anchorages at either end.
In cable-stayeded bridges, the cables are attached to the towers, which alone bear the load.