BASCULE BRIDGE

2011

Submitted to-: CBSE

Submitted by-: Supervised By-: Mr.Nimish Kr. Gupta Ashutosh Maheshwari Roll no.-7 XI-A1

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Bascule Bridge
Bascule Bridge sometimes referred to as a drawbridge is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf" throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic.. Bascule is a French term for seesaw and balance, and bascule bridges operate along the same principle. They are the most common type of movable bridge in existence because they open quickly and require relatively little energy to operate. Bascule bridges may be single or double leaf. Both have any truss structure and counterweights below the deck.

Design :

Pulley: A pulley is a wheel on an axle that is designed to support

movement of a cable or belt along its circumference. Pulleys are used in a variety of ways to lift loads, apply forces, and to transmit power. The drive element of a pulley system can be a rope, cable, belt, or chain that runs over the pulley inside the groove.

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Counterweight

A counterweight is counterbalancing weight that balances a load.

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Like in some balanced arm lamp work with a counterweight to keep the arm and lamp in the desired position. A counterweight is also used in many rotating systems to reduce vibrations due to imbalances in the rotating assembly. A typical example is counterweights on crankshaft in piston engines. In Bascule Bridge Counterweights may be located above the bridge or below the deck of the bridge. There are two common designs of bascule bridge. One is the fixed-trunnion bascule design, which is where the bridge rotates around a large axle called a trunnion to raise. This bridge type is sometimes called the 'Chicago bascule' as this type was developed and perfected there and is used for many of that city's river crossings. Joseph Strauss was a key person who worked on improving the trunnion bascule bridge. Another form of bascule bridge is the Scherzer rolling lift bridge, also known as a Rolling Bascule Bridge. The city of Joliet, Illinois has a number of this structure type. The Scherzer rolling lift bridge essentially rolls or rocks like a simple rocking chair on a track to raise.

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Application

Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge across the Thames in London , UK is a famous bascule bridge. Originally, Tower Bridge was a hydraulically operated bridge, using steam power from coal-burning boilers to pump river water into six hydraulic accumulators so that power was readily available when required. The water for the boilers was provided by a well. The hydraulic accumulators powered the bascule engines, which raised and lowered the bascules. Today, the bascule mechanism is driven by oil and electricity rather than by water and steam

Water

A water turbine is takes energy from moving water.

Turbine:

rotatry engine that

They are mostly used for electric power generation. They harness a clean and renewable energy source. Flowing water is directed on to the blades of a turbine runner, creating a force on the blades. Since the runner is spinning, the force acts through a distance (force acting through a distance is the definition of work). In this way, energy is transferred from the water flow to the turbine

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Impulse turbines
Impulse turbines change the velocity of a water jet. The jet pushes on the turbine's curved blades which changes the direction of the flow. The resulting change in momentum (impulse) causes a force on the turbine blades. Since the turbine is spinning, the force acts through a distance (work) and the diverted water flow is left with diminished energy. Turbine selection is based mostly on the available water head, and less so on the available flow rate. In general, impulse turbines are used for high head sites, and reaction turbines are used for low head sites The runaway speed of a water turbine is its speed at full flow, and no shaft load. The turbine will be designed to survive the mechanical forces of this speed. The manufacturer will supply the runaway speed rating. Turbines are designed to run for decades with very little maintenance of the main elements; overhaul intervals are on the order of several years. Maintenance of the runners and parts exposed to water include removal, inspection, and repair of worn parts.

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Combination Of These Concepts

In our project we combined the previously discussed concepts. We combine d the concept of impulse water turbine with the bascule bridge to increase the efficiency of the bridge. It made the concept energy efficient and power saving. By connecting the lifting cables with the turbine rod with the help of a pulley the process became smooth and efficient .

Working of the concept model

We made the base model of the bridge and then we connected the threads with the opening end of the flaps or the leaf and rolled it over a pulley n attached the other end to the turbine rod with an adhesive. So whenever the rod rolls with the moving turbine the thread gets rolled on the rod which cause a force on the thread to pull the leaf off. W made the turbines for both the sides. We placed coat button which acts like a stopper in the cable in the thread button so to fix the max angle of lifting the leaf or the flap. The water turbine was made up of a cork with plastic blades. The cork was in the middle of the rod n the holder. So when we pour the water with a very high pressure on the blades the cork rotates With a very high speed and the bridge leafs lifts up which makes the passage for the waterways. After that , when we pour the water on the opposite sides of the blades the bridge leafs or flaps gets down to its original position an make the way for roadways.

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Advantages of this concept

For the very first reason it is energy efficient , it save a large amount of electricity. Water turbines are generally considered a clean power producer, as the turbine causes essentially no change to the water. They use a renewable energy source and are designed to operate for decades.
Source-Wikipedia

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