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Structural Steel Design Project: Calculation Sheet
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PROBLEM:
Design a through type single lane truss bridge for broad gauge main line
loading. The effective span length of the bridge is 50 m. Consider m = 1.15.
(1)TRUSS ARRANGEMENT [See Fig. E1]:
Effective Span of truss girder = 50 m.
Assume 10 panels @ 5 m interval.
Height and truss girder:
For economical considerations, height = { EMBED Equation.3 } to {
EMBED Equation.3 } of span
Assume, height = 6m. ({ EMBED Equation.3 } of span) Hence, O.K.
U1
U2
U3
U4
U5
U6
U8
U7
U9
6m
L0
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
L9
L8
L10
10 panels @ 5 m = 50 m
Fig. E1. Truss arrangement
(2) INFLUENCE LINE DIAGRAMS:
(i) ILD for L0U1 (Diagonal member):
U1
LoU1
Lo
1- (x/50)
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1.17
Compression
(ii) ILD for L1U1 (Vertical member): [See free body diagram Fig. E4]
(a) If, unit load is in between L0 and L1 (i.e. 0 x 5)
M L0 = 0.
LoU1 cos
5L1U1 = x
U1
6 m
L1U1 = 0
Lo
1- (x/50)
x
5m
L2
L1
Fig. E4
1.0
Tension
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(iii) ILD for U4U5 and L4L5 : (Top and Bottom chord members respectively)
U1
U2
U4
U3
U5
6m
5m
5m
5m
L0
L2
L1
5m
L3
L4
L5
1 - (x/50)
})]
L4L5 = { EMBED Equation.3 } [ 20 ( 1 - { EMBED Equation.3
})]
ILDs for U 4U5 and L4L5 are shown in Fig. E7 and Fig. E8 respectively.
EMBED Equation.3 }
=0
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1.67
2.08 Compression
Tension
1.67
= 3.0 kN/m
= 5.0 kN/m.
RDSO
Specifications
= 13.0 kN/m
= 24.8 kN/m
= { EMBED Equation.3
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} = { EMBED Equation.3
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(ii) Live load
(a) Areas of Influence line diagrams for truss members discussed:
Area of influence line for L0U1 = { EMBED Equation.3 } = - 29.3
(Compression)
= 50 m
= 3895.2 kN
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= 30 m
Tractive effort
= 637.4 kN
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Unfactored loads:
Member
Area of ILD
Load in kN/m
DL
DL
L0U1
- 29.3
L1U1
+5.0
12.4
U4U5
- 52.0
12.4
L4L5
+ 50.0
Equation.3 }
12.4
12.4
LL+IL
54.1
LL+IL
Long.L
-363.3 -1585.1
101.3
+ 62
+ 506.5
50.36
-644.8 -2618.7
50.36
+620 +2518
{ EMBED
DL
LL+IL
Long.L
L0U1
-490.4
- 2377.6
L1U1
+83.7 + 759.8
+ 843.4
U4U5
-870.5
- 4798.5
L4L5
5092
+ 837
-3928
+3777
- 2868.0
{ EMBED Equation.3 }
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= 7810 mm
= 146.5 mm
ry
= 158.8 mm
= 5467/146.5 = 37.3
Then, c
350 mm
ISMB 350
= 221.8 N/mm2
300 mm
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= 5000 mm
2 plates of size
550 mm X 12 mm
550 mm
rx = 165.4 mm
424 mm
350 mm
ry = 210 mm
x
= 4250/165.4 = 25.7
Then, c
= 239 N/mm2
ISMC 400
350 mm
400 mm X 16 mm
ry = 210 mm
Axial tension capacity of the selected section = 25386* 250/1.15
= 5518 kN > 5092 kN
Hence, section is safe in tension.
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Maximum unrestrained length = l
Then,
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= 5000 mm
= 5000/144 = 34.7
= 225 N/mm2
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