University of Zambia

School of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

MENG STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

CEE 6262 Bridge Design (2018/19)

Assignment No. 3 Reinforced Concrete Deck Design

Q1 You are required to design a bridge over a river crossing of 60m. The river bed is
overlain by collapsible soil over depth of 12m and the depth to solid bedrock is 15m.
What decisions can you make on:

(a) The type of reinforced concrete deck

(b) Type of foundation

Q2 Figure Q2 shows a reinforced concrete deck. Design a simply supported reinforced

concrete deck slab using a unit strip method. The deck carries a 100mm depth of
surfacing, together with a traffic load (LM1) udl of 5.5 kN/m2 and tandem axle load
of 100kN (300 kN/3m lane width). The deck should also be designed to carry the
SV80 model vehicle. The span of the deck is 10.0m centre to centre of bearings.
Design the deck to EN 1992-2 & UK National Annex.

Figure Q2 Reinforced Concrete Slab Deck

γconc. = 25kN/m3

SV80 model vehicle also to be considered.

Use C28/35 concrete to BS 8500.
Use Grade B500B reinforcement to BS 4449.