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Bridge Engineering
Bridge Engineering
things about bridges even occasionally. I get information in websites and books. My
previous understanding before studying bridge engineering was simply bridges are
used by vehicles as passage when crossing a cliff, a river or any body of water.
things that I don’t know before. I recognized that bridges has parts and some of its
part was unfamiliar to me. Some of it was the deck, pier, abutment and girder.
Researching in websites and reading in books made me clearly understand those parts
of the bridge. Truss bridge only was the type of bridge I know before studying bridge
engineering. I don’t know the other types but there looks was familiar to me so that
the time we study the type of bridges, I learned and recognized that those type of
bridges I already seen was simply belongs to suspension, cable-stayed and arch type
of bridges.
things about the bridge. It was a fallen tree across a cliff or body of water that can
form a passage over obstacles. The other one was the stone stack between a nearby
cliff can also provide a passage across obstacles. And this two things reminds me how
bridges start.
In the study of design stages for bridge, I encountered the term conceptual,
This all gave me a basis to the design process for bridges. Upon reading information
about this design stages, I realized that designing a bridge is not an easy thing to do
because you must not have only one alternative for your design. In fact you must have
other alternative to select the appropriate design for the bridge. In addition, there are
than choosing the new one because of the familiarity with the construction scheme.
This includes those common things considered in the design and these are that the
construction scheme was common, easier to analyse, easier to design, it has lot of
In bridge construction, there are important design data that gave me a notice to
be considered in designing. This includes the topographic map of bridge site and
The proceeds in the study of bridge engineering made me learned those kind
of loading associated in bridge. This are the permanent and transient load. Both this
load must be included in the design calculation for the bridge structure.
In the design computation of bridge I learned to calculate all the gross area of
the whole bridge, the calculation of dead and live load associated in bridge,
calculation for the maximum moment of girders, computation of the moment base on
the cases for design such as design lane, design tandem and design truck. I able to
check the applicability of bridge based on the design computations. And finally I able
to calculate both the maximum bending moments for strength and service limit state.
2. DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE DESIGN PROCESS OF BRIDGES FROM
The first stage for the design of bridge is the conceptual design which includes
those possible bridge schemes. The purpose of this conceptual design is to know
various possible bridge schemes. The bridge schemes must be safe, functional,
aesthetically pleasing, project cost within the budget and can provide the best solution
for a given set of conditions. Those formed concept for the bridge design must be
evaluate and assess to know all the possible constraints for the design.
the best scheme from those formed concepts or ideas. This preliminary stage was
composed of initial design for the whole bridge. The bridge has measurements and
dimensions for all of its part. A starter estimate for the cost of construction of bridge
The next stage in the design of bridge was to make a detailed design. The
details of the bridge structure was finalized and all the document for this design phase
are sufficient for tendering and construction. The details for the design must include
the structural details, specifications, and detailed estimate for the whole scope of the
project. Furthermore, this phase of design includes a brief detailed cost, accomplished
After accomplishing the three design stages, the next and final stage in the
design of bridge was the construction design which includes the construction of all
the bridge parts starting from establishing its foundation up to the upper parts of the
bridge. The construction details of all the bridge part was all based from the previous
design stage.