CAIRO UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Homework No. 2
Fall 2017-2018 (First Term)

PROBLEM # 1
a- Determine the AASHTO-LRFD distribution factors for the interior and exterior girders
(elements) of the shown skew bridge. The bridge is continuous with three spans 30m, 40m,
30 m respectively. Skew angle is 35 degrees. The section of I beam is shown below and
constant for all spans.
b- Calculate the maximum bending moments (positive and negative) and shear in the interior
and exterior girders due to AASHTO-LRFD loads.
Problem 2
Determine the moment and shear of interior and exterior girder due to AASHTO live
loads for the concrete cast-in-place box system shown below in Fig. P2. The bridge is
simply supported bridge with span 48 m. Make your calculations based on AASHTO
distribution factors for multilane loaded.

0.3 m 0.3 m

1.0m Ts =20 cm

0.20
m
1.6 m

0.2
m 1.5 m Ts =20 cm 5x4 m 1.5 m

Fig. P2