Demo Example Two-span Composite

Bridge Steel/Concrete

RM Bridge V8i
July 2013

RM Bridge Professional Engineering Software for Bridges of all Types

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Contents
1 General ...................................................................................................................... 1
2 The Structural Model ................................................................................................ 2
3 Cross Sections ........................................................................................................... 3
4 Loadings.................................................................................................................... 4
5 Results ....................................................................................................................... 5

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RM Bridge General
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1 General
2-Span-Composite Bridge according to Petersen: Stahlbau, Vieweg Verlag (1988)

Figure 1: Structure in RM.

This example demonstrates:
 the simple calculation of a steel and concrete composite beam
 the good agreement with verified results
The structured system and the preparation for RM is shown in figure 1. The bridge is
built using continuos shoring. Therefore there are no additional internal forces. The two
loading cases (self weight and vertical settlement of the support) are creep active per-
manent loads.

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RM Bridge The Structural Model
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2 The Structural Model

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Figure 2: Structural Model.

 Elements 101 to 120: for the STEEL BEAM cross section

 Elements 201 to 220: for the CONCRETE SLAB cross section
 Elements 301 to 320: for the COMPOSITE cross section
E-Modulus:
Steel Beam: E=2,1E+08 kN/m²
Concrete Plate (B300): E=3E+7 kN/m²

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RM Bridge Cross Sections
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3 Cross Sections

Figure 3: Steel- and concrete cross sections.

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RM Bridge Loadings
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4 Loadings
 Self Weight: 70 kN/m (Load Case 101)
 Vertical settlement of the central support: 25 cm (Load Case 201)
 Creep: Creep Coefficient PHI = 1.875 (Load Case 601)
 Shrinkage: Shrinkage Coefficient EPS = 20.15-5 (Load Case 601)

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RM Bridge Results
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5 Results

Figure 4: Bending moment and shear force diagram for the self weight loading case.

Figure 5: Bending moment and shear force diagram for the support settlement loading case.

Figure 6: Bending moment and shear force diagram for the creep & shrinkage loading case.

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RM Bridge Results
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Figure 7: Bending moment and shear force diagram for the final stage.

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