UNDER GUIDANCE

DESIGN AND • Prof. G. Mohan Ganesh

• Prof. A.S. Santhi

ANALYSIS OF SUBMITTED BY
• Siddharth Singh (18MST0001)
• Somil Mehta (18MST0004)
TRUSS BRIDGE • Dhivaharan (18MST0037)
• Mehul Radhakrishnan (18MST0059)
• Amit Kadam (18MST0067)
INTRODUCTION
• A truss bridge is a type of bridge whose load-bearing superstructure
is composed of a truss, “a structure of connected elements usually
forming triangular units”. The connected elements (typically straight)
may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in
response to dynamic loads.
• Load applied to truss is transmitted to the joint causing each
individual member to be subjected to either tension or compression .
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• A steel truss bridge has been designed for (50 m X 4) span situated on
Vaigai River Madurai on Tamil Nadu, India which comes under
earthquake zone II.
SCOPE OF PROJECT
• The scope of the project has been limited to design and analysis of
simple Warren steel truss bridge in Madurai. Main components of the
steel truss were analysed using STAAD pro software.
• The purpose of the study was to design an economical, safe and
simple to assemble steel truss bridge.
DESIGN PARAMETERS
Sr.no Description Size

1 Deck thickness 175 mm

2 Span 50m

3 Wearing Course 75mm

4 Truss Height 10m

5 No. of Cross Girders 9

6 Longitudinal Girder 3

7 Spacing between cross girders (Lower chord) 6.25m

8 Spacing between longitudinal girder 9m

9 Main Diagonal Member 11.792m

10 End post 11.792m

11 Carriage way width 3.5m

DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
 ROAD-WAY DEFINITION

3.5m
3.5m

3.5m
3.5m
10m
BRACING

Bottom chord bracing Top chord bracing

SECTION PROPERTIES
Steel Used: Fe 250
Section used: Built up I-section

Longitudinal Girder Transverse Girder Compression and tension member

Bottom lateral
Specifications
of 70R
loading
LOAD CASES

Sr. No Description Load

1 Dead Load Self weight

2 Live Load 70 R tracked Vehicle

*Load Combination as per IRC 6 (2016)

CONNECTIONS OVERVIEW
Type of connection : Rigid
SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT

Sr no. Maximum moment due to Maximum moment Location

1 Dead Load 6992kNm Centre of span
2 Live Load 1442kNm Centre of span
Total Design moment 8434kNm

Sr no. Maximum shear force due to Maximum shear Location

force
1 Dead Load 5900kN At support
2 Live Load 401kN At support
Total design shear force 6301kN
70R loading at various locations.
References:
• INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS:6 -2016 “STANDARD SPECIFICATINS AND CODE OF
PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES” ,NEW DELHI, INDIA 2016.
• INDIAN STANDARDS:800 -2007 : “GENERAL CONSTRUCTION IN STEEL CODE OF
PRACTICE” BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS, NEW DELHI, 110002.
• J.W. Berman, B.S. Wang “SIMPLE CHECK FOR YIELDING IN TRUSS BRIDGE
GUSSET PLATE CONNECTIONS” ASCE,2011
• Su. Liu, W. Zhou “ALTERNATIVE LOAD PATHS IN STEEL THROUGH TRUSS BRIDGE”
ASCE, 2011
• C.Maraveous, A. Papagiannakis “OPTIMAL DESIGN OF THROUGH -TRUSS STEEL
BRIDGE” ASCE,2016
• D Johnson Victor, “Essentials of Bridge Engineering sixth edition”.
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