Seismic Analysis of Steel Footover Bridge
1
Umer Farooq, 2 Nilesh B Mishra
1
Department of CE, Amity School of Engineering & Technology,
Amity University, Noida, India
2
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Assistant Professor, ASET, AUUP
Introduction
Footbridges are needed where a sepa-
rate pathway has to be provided for
people to cross traffic flows or some
physical obstacle, such as a river. The
loads they carry are, in relation to
highway or railway bridges, quite
modest, and in most circumstances a
fairly light structure is required. They
are, however, frequently required to
give a long clear span, and stiffness
then becomes an important considera-
tion. The bridges are often very clearly
on view to the public and therefore the
appearance merits careful attention.
Steel offers economic and attractive
forms of construction which suit all
the requirements demanded of a foot-
bridge.
Methodology
 Review of literature and study of
examples for the proposed project
with study of codal provisions for
Design of steel structures, loading
details.
 Making the models of the various
components in STAAD and as-
signing member and material
properties as per the design.
 Loading the structure elements
for Dead Loads, Imposed Loads
and Wind Loads as per the IS
800-2007.
.
 Design of structural components
of the foot over bridge for the
loading details acquired from
STAAD model.
Fig 4: Diagonal Plate through Bottom Chord
Experimental Results
Fig 1: Steel Truss (Different views)
Fig 2: Steel Tower
Fig 3: Bottom Truss Design
Fig.5: Modular Design
Conclusions
Thus the various components of the
Foot Over Bridge namely Main Truss,
Columns along with the Footings have
been analyzed using STAAD. Pro
software and the most economic and
safe sections are arrived through man-
ual design. The use of steel as the con-
struction material has resulted in the
overall economy of construction. The
components are designed for the max-
imum safety and the adaptability of the
structure to future changes has also
been given due consideration.
References
1. IS: 800-2007, Indian standard code
of practice for Design of steel structur-
al member in general building con-
struction (first revision), Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
2. IS: 1893 -2002, Indian standard cri-
teria for earthquake resistant design of
structures (fifth revision), Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
3. Mishra N B and Kumar S R S
(2006), “Seismic Analysis and Design
of Light gauge Steel-frames”,
EQADS-06, PSG Tech Coimbatore,
pp A83-A92.
4. IS: 1915 - 1961: The Indian Stand-
ard Code of Practice for Design of
Steel Bridges.