BENI-SUEF UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Dr. Amr Elbanna

• Loads on Main Girder Roadway Bridge.

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1. Dead Loads

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 Loads on Main Girder
1. Dead Loads
a. Weight of steel Ws.s including (O.W of stringer, cross girder and main girder, the
weight of bracing, and the weight of stiffeners).

Ws.s.insisde  150  4 L  0.03L2 kg/m 2

Ws.s.outsisde  100  3L kg/m 2
Where,
Ws.s.insisde : the weight of steel between main girder
Ws.s.outsisde : the weight of steel outside main girder
L : the length of bridge (m)

b. Concrete (tavg * γcon t/m2)

c. Flooring cover (Asphalt) (Assume 0.15-0.2 t/m2)

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1. Dead Loads
Deck bridge with cantilever cross girder

B
WDead  (ts *  c  F .C  Ws.s.insisde ) *  (t s *  c  F .C  Ws.s.outsisde )* Lc
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Deck bridge without cantilever cross girder

B
WDead  (ts *  c  F .C  Ws.s.insisde ) *  (t s *  c  F .C ) * Lc 6
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1. Dead Loads
Pony bridge

B
WDead  (ts *  c  F .C  Ws.s.insisde ) *
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WDead * L2
M Dead 
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WDead * L
QDead 
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2. Live Loads
a. Determine the main girder to be studied.
b. Put the load on the cross girder near the studied main girder.
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
d. Apply loads from ( C ) on main girder, get maximum M and Q.

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2. Live Loads
a. The designed main girder.

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Loads on Cross Girder
2. Live Loads
b. Put the load on the cross girder near the studied main girder.

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Loads on Main Girder
2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For deck bridge with or without cantilever

2 1 2 1 2
0.5

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Loads on Main Girder
2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For deck bridge with cantilever (side walk < cantilever length)

2 1 2 1 2

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Loads on Main Girder
2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For deck bridge with cantilever (side walk > cantilever length)

2 1 2 1 2 0.5

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2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For pony bridge

2 1 2 1 2 0.5 S

3 S

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Loads on Main Girder
2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For deck bridge with cantilever ( effect of median )
Width of one side  9m

2 1 2 1 2 0.5

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2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For deck bridge with cantilever ( effect of median ) Width of one side
9>B  6 m

2 2 1 2 0.5

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2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.
 For deck bridge with cantilever ( effect of median ) Width of one side < 6m

2 2 0.5

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2. Live Loads
d. Apply loads from ( C ) on cross girder, get maximum M and Q.

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 Loads on Main Girder
2. Live Loads
d. Apply loads from ( C ) on cross girder, get maximum M and Q.
 For all bridge types ( case of maximum moment )

 For all bridge types ( case of maximum shear )

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Example
For the shown bridge cross section, calculate the design values for the main
girder if L= 30.0 m.

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Example
Solution
1. Dead Loads
Ws.s.insisde  150  4 L  0.03L2 =150+4*30+0.03*302 =297 kg/m2
Ws.s.outsisde  100  3L  100  3*30  190 kg/m 2
B
WDead  (ts *  c  F .C  Ws.s.insisde )*  (t s *  c  F .C  Ws.s.outsisde )* Lc
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WDead  (0.21* 2.5  0.175  0.297)*  (0.21* 2.5  0.175  0.19)*2  6.765t / m
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WDead * L2 6.765*302
M Dead    761 t.m
8 8

WDead * L 6.765*30
QDead    101.5 t
2 2

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Example
Solution
2. Live Loads
a. The designed main girder (Main girder B is more critical than Main Girder A)
Because side walk beside Main girder B is less than that beside Main girder A

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Example
Solution
2. Live Loads
b. Put the load on the cross girder near the studied main girder

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Loads on Main Girder
Example
Solution
2. Live Loads
c. Take strips perpendicular to main girder, get reaction.

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Example
Solution
2. Live Loads
d. Apply loads from ( C ) on cross girder, get maximum M and Q.

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Loads on Main Girder
Example
Solution
2. Live Loads
d. Apply loads from ( C ) on cross girder, get maximum M and Q.

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