PAILAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT

AND TECHNOLOGY
Presented by –
Soumadip Bhunia
Roll – 15601317014
C.E.-6
 PLATE GIRDERS
 “A plate girder is a type of beam built from plates of
steel that are either bolted or welded together.”
 The plate girders are typically I-beams made up from
separate structural steel plates which are welded or,
bolted or riveted together to form the deep vertical
web with a pair of angles each edge to act as
compression and tension flanges.
 APPLICATIONS OF PLATE
GIRDERS
 Plate girders are usually used to construct bridges
that are suitable for short to medium spans and
may support railroads, highways, or other traffic.
 Some of the most commonly used girder bridges
are:
i. Box Girder Bridge
ii. Beam Bridge
iii. Multi- Girder Composite Bridges
iv. Half-Through Plate Girder Bridges
 BOX GIRDER BRIDGES
 Box girders are a particular form of plate girder, with
two webs joined by common top and bottom
flanges.
 The box girder normally comprises either
prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a
composite of steel and reinforced concrete.
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Advantages

 Offer better resistance to torsion.

 Gives excellent appearance and durability.

 larger girders can be constructed.

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 San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, aka Bay

Bridge, California, USA
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 Main materials are Steel & concrete

 Total length is 4.46 miles (7.18 km)

 Width is 96.24m

 Height is 526 ft (160 m)

 CRANE BRIDGE RUNWAY GIRDER
 Crane bridge girder is a special type of plate girder
used to support the crane loads.
 Crane runway girders provided in a perpendicular
direction to the crane bridge at the ends may also
be the plate girders.
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 Usage of Crane bridge Girders has allowed the
engineers to deal efficiently with higher loads.
 Some of the important features of C.B.Gs are:

• Limit the applied stress range to acceptable levels.

• Avoid unexpected restraints at the attachments and
supports
• Avoid stress concentrations at critical locations
• Avoid eccentricities due to rail misalignment or crane
travel
• Minimize residual stresses
 BEAM BRIDGES
 A beam or girder bridge is the simplest kind of
bridge.
 A beam bridge consists of a horizontal beam that is
supported at each end by piers.
 The weight of the beam pushes straight down on
the piers.
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 Beam bridges rarely span more than 250 feet. This
doesn't mean beam bridges aren't used to cross
great distances it only means that there may be a
series of beam bridges joined together, creating
what's known as a "continuous span."
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 Esplanade Riel Bridge, Winnipeg, Canada
• Pedestrian bridge
• Designer : Colin Douglas Stewart and Étienne
Gaboury
• 197 meters (646 ft) long & 7m wide
 MULTI-GIRDER COMPOSITE BRIDGES
 'Composite' means that the steel structure of a
bridge is fixed to the concrete structure of the deck
so that the steel and concrete act together, so
reducing deflections and increasing strength
 One of the most commonly used for medium span
bridges.
 Multi-girder construction is used for single spans
and for continuous multiple spans.
 Effectively used where construction depth is limited.
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 The girders are braced together at supports and at
some intermediate positions
 Generally taken into account, where short piers are
to be used.
 Use of multi-girders allow the designer free to
choose the thickness of web and size of flange
accordingly.
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 River Eden Bridge
• Three span multi-girder bridge
• Main span of 64 m, with 34m side spans
• 1351t capacity
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 Surtees Bridge, at river Tees, United Kingdom
• 150m of total span
• 3 no of spans, 2 piers in water
• About 2000t capacity
ADVANTAGES OF USING PLATE GIRDERS IN
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
 There are number of advantages of using plate
girders in bridge construction or other structures,
some of which are as follows:
 Possessing the features of structure is simple.
 Provides Convenient Transport.
 Speedy erection.
 Heavy loading capacity,
 Great stability and long fatigue life.
 Being capable of an alternative span, loading
capacity.