A MINI PROJECT REPORT ON

RAIL CUM ROAD BRIDGE ACROSS GANGA RIVER NEAR PATNA

Structural Engineeering Division Department of Civil Engineering IIT Madras

Submitted By : of : Deovrat Khandeshe S.R.

Under the Guidance Dr. Satish Kumar

VNIT Nagpur Engg

Department of Civil IIT Madras

-: CERTIFICATE:-

This is to certify that the project report submitted as the title Rail cum Road Bridge Across River Ganga near Patna has been done by Mr. Deovrat Khandeshe of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur as a work of the Summer Fellowship Programme under my supervision during the period 16 May 2011- 15 July 2011. The report deals with the detailed superstructure design of the said bridge. The report is not submitted for the award of any degree.

Dr. Satish Kumar S. Professor Dept. of Civil Engg.

Dr. S.R. Gandhi Professor and Head Department of Civil Engg

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IIT Madras

IIT Madras

-: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology- Madras for organizing the Summer Fellowship Programme which creates a scope for undergoing a mini-project under the guidance of the department in this lush green campus. I would like to express my heartiest gratitude to Dr. Satish Kumar S.R., Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IITMadras for the constant guidance during the project work, without whose help the work would have been a uphill task. I am thankful to Dr. S.R. Gandhi, Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Madras and Dr. C.V.R. Murty ,Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IITMadras for their constant encouragement during the project work. I would like to convey my thankfulness to Dr. S.T.G. Raghukanth, Incharge, Summer Fellowship Programme for arranging lectures and site visits during the stay.

Index
Topic
1. Introduction 1.1. 1.2. 1.3.

Page No. 1 Input Scope of this report 1 Truss Details 2

2. General Arrangement 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4.

3 Configuration of truss 3 Arrangement of superstructure 3 Arrangement of railway Arrangement of members 3

3. Load Categories & Combinations 3.1. Permanent Loads 3.2. Variable Loads 5
4. Design of Rail Stringers 5. Design of Rail Cross Girders

6. Design of Road Stringers

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7. Design of Road Cross Girders

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8. Design of Truss members 8.1.

11 Comparison of Analysis calculations 11

9. Importance of Connections

13 Appendix A 14