Bridge multi-column pier with circular section preliminary shear design in accidental situation

(impact on supporting substructure acc. to Eurocode)

- column length below ground level z1 = 1.20 m - internal forces taking into consideration supporting effect
- force location above ground level z2 = 1.25 m of superstructure (further guidance acc. to [1] )
b = z1+z2 = 2.45 m
- total column height l = 4.5÷9.0 m

1000
VB(F=1000) [kN]
900
800

F=1000kN 700
z1
600
z2 l [m]
500
4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0

Example
l= 6.50 m
D= 1.00 m
d1/D = 0.10 -
z/D = 0.55 -
z= 0.55 m
VEd = 814 kN
(*) cotθ = 1.75 -
fyd = 500 MPa
αk = 0.72 -
Asw/sw = VEd/(αk·fyd·z·cotθ)
Asw/sw = 23.5 cm2/m
Load [kN]
Shear reinforcement [cm2/m]
(calculated via SOFiSTiK)

lever arm of interanal forces in ULS acc. to [2]

(*) - typical area of intrest: d1/D ≈ 0.10, εc2 = -3.5 ‰
0.50 ≤ z/D ≤ 0.60 → z/D = 0.55 (mean value)
efficiency factor for cicular section (conservative value acc. to [2]) :
αk = 0.72

References :
[1] Brücken aus Stahlbeton und Spannbeton Entwurf, Konstruktion und Berechnung - R.Holst, K.H.Holst
[2] Zum Querkrafttragverhalten von Stahlbetonbauteilen mit Kreisquerschnitt - M.Bender