Presentation on

Conceptual Design of Chenab Bridge

MUZAFAR FAROOQ
B.TECH 3rd year
A3CA-12
15-CEB-178
 CONTENTS
• Basic information of bridge
• The bridge site
• Description of bridge
• Design of bridge
• Construction method
• Conclusion
 Basic information of bridge
The Client
• KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LTD, India
Location
• Crosses Chenab river between Bakkal and Kauri,in Reasi
district of Jammu and Kashmir
The contractor
• Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, Mumbai, India
The Official Project Name
• Design & Construction of Special Bridges across the River
Chenab at km 50/800 on the Katra-Laole section of the
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project
 The bridge site

• Location of the Chenab Bridge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in India
• The alignment crosses a deep gorge of the Chenab River, which necessitates construction of a long
spam railway bridge.
Description of the Chenab Bridge
• The Chenab Bridge is a steel railway arch bridge
with
• total length of 1315 metres.
• Main arc spam 485 metres
• There are 17 number of spams
• Highest spam is 134 m high
• Deck will carry two railway tracks
• Inclination of slope vary from 43 to 77 degree
• The bridge will be able to withstand earth quake
of intensity 8 on the rector scale
• The bridge costs 512 cr.
 Design of Bride
• The design speed of the railway was set to be 100
km/h.
• wind load corresponds to a maximum wind pressure of
1500 Pa.
• the design life had to be 120 years.
• Fatigue assessment has be done as per BS: 5400 Part –
10.
• The superstructure is a plate girder with a closed deck,
where rails are connected.
• The closed deck keeps the rainwater out and provides
mostly dry environment below the deck.
Side elevation of the Chenab Bridge.
 Construction method
• The insufficient infrastructure of the area causes problems.
• The bridge consist of about 25000 tonnes of steel structures.
• First, a cable crane has been built over the valley for constructing
the steel structures.
• The crane can deliver a maximum amount of 40 tonnes of steel
parts.
• Derrick crane , which is capable of lifting about 100 tonnes.
• The derrick will crane the arch segments from deck level to the
erection front of the arch.
• Deck erection will proceed simultaneously with the erection of
the arch.
• When the next arch pier location is reached,
temporary cables will be installed to support the
arch and the new arch pier will be constructed on
the free end.
• The superstructure can then be supported by the
arch pier and so forth until the last arch pier is
reached.
• closure of the superstructure is done by means of
derrick erection
• When the job is completed, the sections are turned
around and delivered to the next stage of the
process.
 Typical arch erection by derrick crane

Erection of last span and key segment by cable crane

 Conclusion
The Chenab Bridge is
• the biggest
• the longest-span
• the highest railway arch bridge ever built in the
world.
• The design of the main arch requires consideration
of a number of additional parameters, such as
fatigue , stability, composite action, etc.
• Its design offered great challenges to the design
team.
THANKS