BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI (RAJASTHAN)

INSTRUCTION DIVISION
FIRST SEMESTER 2018-2019
COURSE HANDOUT (PART-II)
Date: 02-08-2018
In addition to Part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Time Table) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No. : CE G616
Course Name : BRIDGE ENGINEERING
Instructor-in-charge : MANOJ KUMAR
1. Scope and Objective of the Course:
Bridges are inseparable part of any communication network as they are the key elements in roadways
and highways network. This course intends to impart skills for analysis & design of various type of
bridges such as Slab culverts, Box culverts, Pipe culverts, T-beam Bridges, Composite bridges,
Prestressed concrete Bridges, Steel truss bridges, Continuous bridges, Balanced Cantilever Bridge,
Rigid Frame Bridges and Cable stayed bridge. Moreover, different types of bridge bearings will be
discussed and the design of elastomeric bearings will be carried out. At the end of this course, design of
simple piers and their foundations will be carried out.

2. Course Description:
Purpose of bridge; Classification of bridges; Characteristics of different type of bridges; Loads stresses
and their combinations; Design of R.C.C Slab culverts, Box-culverts, pipe-culverts, T-beam bridges;
Prestressed concrete bridges; steel girder bridges; composite bridges; box girder bridges; continuous
bridges; design of bearings; Design of Bridge Substructures: piers and abutments and their foundations;
Rigid frame bridges; arch bridges; Introduction to Long span bridges: Cable stayed bridges and
suspension bridges;
3. Text Book (TB):
1. Krishna Raju, N. (2018), “Design of Bridges”, 5th Edition, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi.
4. Reference Books (RB):
1. Ponnuswamy, S., (2017),‘Bridge Engineering’, 3rd Edition, Mc-Graw-Hill, New Delhi.
2. Raina, V. K. (1999), ‘Concrete Bridges: Handbook’, Galgotia Publication, New Delhi.
3. Krishna Raju, N, (2009) “Prestressed Concrete Bridges” CBS Publishers, New Delhi.
4. Johnson Victor, D. (2010), “Essentials of Bridge Engineering”, 6th Edition, Oxford & IBH Publishing
Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Standard Specifications and code of Practice for Bridges:
1. IRC: 5-1998, “Standard Specifications and code of Practice for road bridges: section I-General features
of Design”, Indian Road Congress.
2. IRC: 6-2014, “Standard Specifications and code of Practice for road bridges: section II-Loads and
Stresses”, Indian Road Congress.
3. IRC: 112-2011, “Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges’, Indian Road Congress.
4. IRC: 22-2015, “Standard Specifications and code of Practice for Road Bridges: section VI-Composite
Construction, Indian Road Congress.
5. IRC:78-2000, “Standard Specifications and code of Practice for road bridges: section VII-Foundation
and Substructures”, Indian Road Congress
6. IRC:83-1999, “Standard Specifications and code of Practice for Road bridges: section IX (Part I)-
Metallic Bearings, (Part II)- Elastomeric Bearings and (Part III )-Pot, Pot-Cum-PTFE, Pin and metallic
guide Bearings, Indian Road Congress
7. SP-13-2004,’Guidelines for Small Bridges and Culverts’, Indian Road Congress.
8. IS 458: 2003, ‘Precast concrete pipes(with and without Reinforcement – specification’,
9. IS 1343-2012,” Indian Standard code for Prestressed Concrete”. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
7. Course Plan:
S. Lec. Ref. to
Topic Learning Objectives
No. Nos. TB
Purpose of Bridge, Components of bridges, Classification of
1. Introduction 1 RB1-1
bridges, Economical span
Bridge Loading Roadway bridge loading specified by IRC, Impact factors and
2. 2 TB-2
standards other loadings considered on superstructure
Design of Slab Design of slab culverts for flexure and shear, design of skew slab TB-4
3. 3
culverts culverts &5
Design of
4. Design of Pipe-culverts and box culverts 3 TB-6&7
Culverts
Design of slabs spanning in two-directions for flexure (using
Pigeaud’s Method) and shear, design of cantilever slabs, Load
RCC T-Beam
5. distribution in longitudinal girders using Courbon’s method, 4 TB-4&8
Bridges
Guyon and Massonet method and Hendry-Jaegar method, Design
of simply supported T-beam bridges
General aspects of composite bridges, types of shear connectors,
Composite TB-
6. design of composite bridges with various types of Shear 3
Bridges 9&10
connectors.
Prestressed
Introduction to Prestressed concrete, analysis of prestressed
7. Concrete 4 TB-11
section, design of prestressed concrete girders
Bridges
Continuous General Aspects and advantages of continuous bridges, Analysis
8. 3 TB-15
Bridges and design of Continuous bridges
Balanced
Features of balanced cantilever bridges, design of balanced
9. cantilever 2 TB-14
cantilever bridges, design of articulation
bridges
Concrete Box- Structural Behavior of concrete box-girder bridges, design
10. 2 --
Girder Bridges aspects of concrete box-girder bridges.
Design of stringers, Cross girders and main girders, Wind loads
Steel Truss
11. on truss bridges; Design of steel truss bridges, Effect of 2 TB-13
Bridges
repeated loading
Cable stayed Design aspects of Cable Stayed bridges, types pylons,
12. 3 TB-17
bridges approximate analysis of cable stayed bridges
Design of Rigid Introduction to Rigid Frame bridges, Design of Rigid frame
13. 3 TB-12
frame bridges bridges.
Bridge Bearings Necessity of bearings, Types of bearings, design of steel
14. and expansion bearings, Design of Elastomeric Bearings, Necessity and types 3 TB-16
joints of expansion joints
Types of piers and abutments; Loads to be considered on piers
Piers and
15. and abutments; Stability analysis of pier and abutment, wing 2 TB-18
Abutments
walls and approach slabs, features of wing walls
Bridge Types of Bridge foundations, design aspects of Pile and well
16. 2 TB-19
Foundations foundations
8. Evaluation Scheme:
Components Duration Weightage Date Venue Remarks
Mid-Sem Test-I 90 Min. 35 11/10 11:00 - 12:30 PM ---- OB
Assignments/
--- 20 Submission Date: 28/11 ---- ----
Term Projects
Compre. Exam. 3 hours 45 6/12 AN ---- OB+CB
9. Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in the class by the Instructor.
10. Notice: Notice if any concerning this course will be displayed on the Notice Board of Civil Engg. Dept.
11. Make up policy: make-up will be granted only to genuine cases. For cases related to illness, proper
documentary evidence is essential. Prior permission is necessary if student is out of station on the test date.
Instructor-in-charge
CE G616
Projects:
1. Computer aided Analysis of Box-culverts
2. Simulation of Load distribution on Pipe culverts
3. Finite Element analysis for effective width of load distribution in slab culverts
4. Finite Element analysis for effective width of load distribution in slab supported in both directions
5. Finite Element Analysis for Load distribution among longitudinal girders in simply supported T-beam
bridges
6. Finite Element Analysis for Load distribution among longitudinal girders in box-girder bridges
7. Finite Element analysis of Continuous slab bridges
8. Load Distribution in Composite bridges
9. Analysis of Voided Slabs (with arch shape openings)
10. Slab culverts design as Flat Slabs