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Bridge Design
Bridge Design
3 Bridge Design
The loads a bridge structure must support & pin
supports where the structure is to attached are
shown in Fig. 6.14(1). Assigned to design the
structure, a civil engineering student proposes the
structure shown in Fig. 6.14(2). What are the axial
forces in the members?
Fig. 6.14
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Axial Force
F (C)
AB, DE
2.39F (C)
BC, CB
1.93F (C)
Axial Force
1.5F (T)
AG, EI
2.12F (C)
CG, CI
0.71F (T)
GH, HI
2F (C)
BG, DI
F (T)
CH
0
Table 6.2
However,
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Axial Force
F (T)
BH, CI, DJ
AB, DE
2.39F (T)
BC, CD
1.93F (T)
Table 6.3
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largest existing
bridges, such as the
Golden Gate Bridge,
consist of cablesuspended spans
supported by towers:
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The
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Fig. 6.22
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Solution
To obtain a section, we cut members CD, CJ & IJ
& draw the free-body diagram of the part of the
truss on the right side of the truss
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Fig. 6.23
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2 0
0 By
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0 0 Cy
0 2
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Cz 2 6 2
3B y 3 i 4C z j 2 B y 4C y 6 k 0
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In
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Let
rCB
0.555i 0.832k
rCB
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Fy = 0.802TCD + 1 kN = 0
Fz = 0.832TBC + 0.267TCD = 0
Solving
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