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Detailed Design Report

APPENDIX 10-1: GENERAL DESIGN BASIS

Table of Contents

APPENDIX 10-1: GENERAL DESIGN BASIS ..................................... 1-1

1.1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1-4

1.2. REFERENCE DESIGN STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS ............................... 1-5

1.3. MATERIALS .................................................................................................................. 1-6

Finishing Schedule .................................................................................................. 1-6
Concrete Material .................................................................................................... 1-6
Creep and Shrinkage ............................................................................................... 1-7
Reinforcement ......................................................................................................... 1-7
Prestressed Cable..................................................................................................... 1-7
Concrete cover......................................................................................................... 1-8
Structural steel ......................................................................................................... 1-8

1.4. LOADING ....................................................................................................................... 1-9

Dead load (DL)........................................................................................................ 1-9
Super-imposed dead load (SIDL) ............................................................................ 1-9
Pedestrian Load (PL) ............................................................................................. 1-10
Wind load (WS) .................................................................................................... 1-10
Overall Temperature (TU)..................................................................................... 1-12
Thermal gradient (TG) .......................................................................................... 1-12
Seismic Load (EQ) ................................................................................................ 1-13
Vehicular Collision Load ...................................................................................... 1-13
Water pressure (WP) ............................................................................................. 1-13

1.5. LOAD COMBINATION .............................................................................................. 1-13

Load Factors .......................................................................................................... 1-14
Load Combinations ............................................................................................... 1-14

1.6. STRUCTURE DESIGN – CONCRETE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ............................... 1-16

Service limit state .................................................................................................. 1-16
Strength Limit State .............................................................................................. 1-17
Extreme Event Limit State .................................................................................... 1-20

1.7. STRUCTURE DESIGN – STEEL BRIDGE STRUCTURE ........................................ 1-20

1.8. FOUNDATION DESIGN ............................................................................................. 1-21

Design Subgrade Reation Coefficient for Cast-in-situ Pile................................... 1-21
Design Subgrade Reaction Coefficient for Driven Pile ........................................ 1-22

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1.9. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................................................................... 1-23

Clearances ............................................................................................................. 1-23
Expansion Joint & Bearings .................................................................................. 1-24
Roof structure ........................................................................................................ 1-24

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List of Figure
Figure 1 - Drag Coefficient Cd for Superstructures with Solid Elevation..................................................... 1-11
Figure 2 - Vertical Temperature Gradient in Concrete and Steel Superstructures ....................................... 1-12

List of Table
Table 1 - Reference documents and summary of associated checks .............................................................. 1-5
Table 2 - Minimum strength and Young’s modulus of concrete .................................................................... 1-6
Table 3 - Characteristics of steel reinforcement ............................................................................................. 1-7
Table 4 - Properties of Prestressed Cable ....................................................................................................... 1-7
Table 5 - Prestressing friction characteristics ................................................................................................. 1-8
Table 6 - Cover for Unprotected Main Reinforcing Steel .............................................................................. 1-8
Table 7 - Characteristics of steel reinforcement ............................................................................................. 1-9
Table 8 - Density of Material ......................................................................................................................... 1-9
Table 9 - Load of SIDL on Superstructure ..................................................................................................... 1-9
Table 10 - Load of SIDL on Stairs ............................................................................................................... 1-10
Table 11 - Load of SIDL on Superstructure ................................................................................................. 1-10
Table 12 - Values of VB for Wind Zones in Vietnam ................................................................................... 1-10
Table 13 - Values of S .................................................................................................................................. 1-11
Table 14 - Bridge Temperature Ranges ........................................................................................................ 1-12
Table 15 - Temperature Gradients ................................................................................................................ 1-13
Table 16 - Load combinations and Load factors .......................................................................................... 1-15
Table 17 - Load Factors for Permanent Loads, p ........................................................................................ 1-15
Table 18 - Load Factors for Permanent Loads Due to Superimposed Deformations, γp ............................ 1-16
Table 19 - The allowable stress for the Concrete Bridges in Construction and Service stages. ................... 1-17
Table 20 - Revision factor relative to test method of E0 ............................................................................... 1-21
Table 21- Clearances over Navigable Waterways ........................................................................................ 1-23
Table 22 - The vertical clearance of highway structures .............................................................................. 1-23
Table 23 - The minimum navigation clearance ............................................................................................ 1-24

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