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Comparative Study of PSC Box Girder Bridge Design Using Irc 112-2011 AND IRC 18-2000
Comparative Study of PSC Box Girder Bridge Design Using Irc 112-2011 AND IRC 18-2000
Comparative Study of PSC Box Girder Bridge Design Using Irc 112-2011 AND IRC 18-2000
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PSC BOX GIRDER BRIDGE DESIGN USING IRC 112-2011
AND IRC 18-2000
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ABSTRACT
A bridge is a structure built to span of a physical obstacles such as a water body, valley or road to have accessibility for
people and vehicle. The design and construction of road bridges require an extensive and thorough knowledge of the
science and technology involved with adequate experience of bridge engineering. In India, till now Pre-stressed
concrete road bridges are designed and constructed according to Indian road congress guidelines as per IRC: 18-
2000 code in which working stress method is adopted. Recently Indian road congress has introduced another code IRC-
112: 2011 for design of pre-stress bridges using limit state method. The study of bridge design using the limit state method
is discussed to enlighten the recently introduced IRC-112: 2011. The present study has been performed to know the
difference in design using IRC-112:2011 and IRC-18:2000 and attempt is made to study undefined parameters of IRC:
112-2011 such as span to depth (L/D) ratio. The present study is based on the design of PSC Box girder by working stress
method using IRC- 18-2000 and limit state method using IRC- 112: 2011 code specifications. It is observed that for Box
girder, L/D ratios are 33 and 26 respectively for limit state method and working stress method. In Box girder bridge
quantity of concrete can be saved in limit state method. The present study may help in limit state method of Box Girder
Bride design for defining L/D ratio.
Keywords: Prestressed Box Girder Bridge, IRC 112, Limit State, Span to Depth Ratio.
The PSC Box girder spans of 50m, 60m and 70m are limits and section modulus. The bridge is modelled as a
subjected under different IRC Class loading Cases such as single span with simply supported condition and forces in
IRC CLASS AA (Tracked vehicle) Box girders are analysed by limit state method compare with the working stress
Working stress method (WSM ) and Limit state method (LSM). method. For the obtained L/D ratios, the Box girder bridge is
Initially effective depth is assumed and required depth is designed as per limit state method referring IRC: 112-2011
evaluated by working stress and limit state methods. The [10] and area of strands were tabulated. The responses
volume of concrete and percentage of steel calculated such as deflection, bending moment and shear forces are
for various L/D ratio as given in Figure 2. obtained in each analysis. The material quantity is
Following are approximate methods of analysis of quantified by comparing the concrete area and the
longitudinal girder percentage of strands which were designed as per limit
state and working stress method.
1. Courbon's method
5.1 Depth of Box Girder
2. Guyon- Massonet method
PSC Box Girder Bridge is designed by working stress and limit
3. Hendry - Jaeger method
state method. In the working stress method, the depth of
From above various methods courbon's method is flexible
the box girder is taken as L/25 and in limit state method, the
and simplest method. In Longitudinal girder design for
depth of the girder is obtained for the different L/D ratio
dead loads are calculated from deck, kerb, footpath. Live
ranging from 31 to 36 as shown in Figure 3.
load is calculated from moving vehicles. Dead load
5.2 Deflection
moments and live load moments are determined and
girder sections are designed for Pre-stressing forces. Based The variation of deflection in various spans is as shown in
on Pre-stressing force number of tendons are evaluated [8]. Figure 4. The deflections obtained from combination of
dead load, super imposed load, live load and pre-stressing
5. Discussions of the Results Obtained From The Present
force are discussed in this study. The working stress method
Study
results obtained for 50 m, 60m and 70 m span of box girder
Pre-stressed bridge models are analysed for dead load,
bridges are compared with the Limit state method. For limit
moving load and pre-stressing effect and the results were
state method, L/D ratio from 31 to 36 is considered.
obtained for the L/D ratio in working stress method (WSM) as
Deflections are calculated for various span and depths as
per IRC 18 [9] and limit state method (LSM) according to
shown in Figure 4. As L/D ratio increases, the deflection of
IRC 112 [10]. To choose the common and safe L/D ratio of
Box girder bridges for spans 50 m, 60 m and 70 m, each
analysis was carried out by considering accountable stress
Figure 2. Spans and L/D ratios taken for study Figure 3. Overall depth for tracked loading
Figure 5. Maximum bending moments in box girder Figure 6. Maximum shear force in box girder
Figure 8. Bottom stresses for box girder Figure 10. Tension reinforcement
·It is also observed that in limit state, the concrete The results calculated analytically using MS-Excel for
volume is less than that of the working stress method. In moments, shear and defection in multi-cell box girder
working stress method, it is 78.85 m3 to 127.54 m3 but in bridge for spans of 50m, 60m and 70m is compared with
limit state method, it is 75.5 m3 to 112.7m3 results obtained from SAP software for a L/D ratio of 25.
5.6 Validation of results for Box Girder Bridge The results obtained from SAP software gives slightly higher
values as compared to manually calculated the results as
shown in Figures 11, 12 and 13.
Conclusions
From the obtained results for the defined objectives the
following conclusion is drawn and discussed.
·In case of the design of Box girder PSC bridges using
the limit state method as per IRC: 112-2011, L/D ratio of 31
to 36 can be adopted. The preferable L/D ratio of 33 for
span ranges between 50m to 70m may be adopted.
·Concrete can be saved from 5% to 12% in box girder
bridge and the concrete saving percentage increases as
Figure 11. Moments for tracked vehicle span increases, when it is designed as per IRC- 112: 2011
limit state method.
Recommendation
In this study, it is recommended to design the Box girder PSC
bridges using the limit state method as per IRC: 112-2011
taking the L/D ratio of 33. This preferable L/D ratio of 33 can
be used for spans ranging from 50m to 70m. This also saves
a concrete quantity from 5% to 12% in box girder bridge.
Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank the Management and Principal
of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka,
India for their continued support in carrying out this
Figure 12. Shear force for tracked vehicle research work.
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Figure 13. Deflection for tracked vehicle
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Shreyansh Patil is currently pursuing his post-graduation in Structural Engineering at Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum
affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. He is actively involved in the field of bridge design and modelling