DESIGN OF A

DETACHABLE
MAKESHIFT STEEL
FOOTBRIDGE
• The recent extreme climates, typhoons, floods, and earthquakes
have become large natural disaster threats in Philippines over the
years. Such natural disasters have caused damage to some bridges,
consequently isolating residential communities that are separated
by a river to a road. In order to provide a bridge that can be built
quickly , the simple construction of a temporary bridge becomes
critical for the transportation and also for their daily activities. All
bridge connections are made with either pins or bolts. 
• This study focuses on the bridge that can be use for
alternate. The main purpose of these bridge is to
provide a temporary bridge that can be use by the
people who’s in need specially those places and
community that are separated to the road by a river
far from the market. We design this bridge so we
compute the load that it can carry and also for the
safety of the people that will use the bridge.
Portable bridges are very important for maintaining
mobility in the aftermath of natural disaster or in
battlefield. So, we decided to conduct this study to a
community where it always flooded and far from a
market place. This requirement has led to the needs
for light-weight bridging system for ease in
launching, retracting, transporting, and storing.
The objective of this study is to present a portable,
reusable and temporary bridge so that they can cross a
river rapidly without native boat. The research
results may provide domestic engineering consultants
with innovative design concept and methodology of
portable temporary bridge.
This thesis entitled “DESIGN OF A DETACHABLE
MAKESHIFT STEEL FOOTBRIDGE” aims to provide a
bridge immediately for emergencies. Concrete
footbridge takes too much time to construct. So, we
decided to conduct a study to lessen the duration of
construction. We did a lot of researches and surveys; we
consulted our instructors and other Engineers.
Eventually, there’s a suggestion that
caught our attention, and that is a
bridge that can be detached like a
Lego. As an Engineering Students, we
start to design how will it be possible.
We consider all the loads which is live load, dead load and
earthquake load. All the aspects that can be considered in
designing this emergency bridge is the same with a
common bridge. We assure you that our design is safe and
economical as possible, Because we conducted a STAAD
for the design therefore the result passed. We could say
that our steel footbridge is safe and strong.
For rural communities in the developing world, a footbridge may be a
community’s only access to medical clinics, school, businesses and
markets. It helps the people to have an alternate way which can used
to pass through immediately. This study aims a footbridge that can be
detached easily for temporary bridge. Design of footbridges normally
follows the same principles for other bridges. However, this
footbridge can separate in order to carry out and put in a place
wherein people can used. It can be useful for some instances, it its for
temporary bridge and can be move.
The major component that we used in our output for this projects are steels of
different kind. It composed of angle bars which will be the one who will carry
the load and also we decide to used these because it is an iron or
a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section and because of this the
detachable bridge can be made easier. And the bolts a metal bar that slides
across to locked it closed will served as the connector of the blocks of the
bridge. And for the flat form of the bridge we use flat bar for its flat rectangular
section with square edges varying in sizes. But the toughness of the flat bar is
as same as the checkered plate .This study aims not only for the grades but for
us to share our knowledge and to help the needs of the community particularly
the low lying areas that has rivers.
This study entitled “Design of Detachable Makeshift Steel
Footbridge” which is going to used everyday or as an
temporary bridge in places that there’s a river. The result
of this thesis is satisfying for the reason that it was done
successfully and our expectation and the outcome of our
project, we can say it was not perfectly done but we tried
our best to finished it.
The objectives of the project study are the following; first, is to design the footbridge we
used Autocad and Staad for designing the footbridge because for us if we use this apps the
designing will be much easier and it will also lessen the time.The researchers developed the
processes of the methodology on how they will obtain a practical result of the study. The
study shall answer the following problems: (1)How people cross from highway to their
houses that are separated by a river or canal by this detachable bridge?, (2)How can we
prove that this detachable bridge is useful?., (3)What are the implications of project
decisions?, (4)What are the advantage and disadvantage of this project research? In the
process of making this project study, the researchers gathered materials that are involved
to the design of the bridge. It includes angle bar, bolts, flat bar and this are the materials
that we used in the project.
These are the comparisons between bamboo footbridge and steel
footbridge. The advantages of using a bamboo as a material are first,
Environmentally Friendly, because due to the fact that bamboo is made out
of natural vegetation, it is an eco-friendly type of material. Likewise,
bamboo is known to be a highly renewable source which can be grown into
maturity in as quick as 3-5 years only. Unlike hardwood, which can be
harvested at least on a twenty year interval, bamboo can grow obviously
faster. Second, Tensile strength, bamboo has a higher tensile strength than
steel because its fibers run axially. Bamboo’s tensile strength is roughly
28,000 per square inch versus steel’s 23,000.
Bamboo is stronger more than 6 times of steel. Third, Weight of bamboo,
bamboos due to their low weight are easily displaced or installed making it very
easier for transportation and construction. But still, steel is always
recommended than bamboo. Even the bamboo is stronger than steel but when
we consider the duration of a structure the steel it takes almost 50 years to
decompose while the bamboo is only 6 months. Also the bamboo is easily get
scratches unlike in steel, there are many things that can scratch the surface of a
bamboo flooring, such as shoes, pet claws, and furniture rollers. Tiny pieces of
sand or grit can also get the bamboo floor to get some scratches in time.
 And when it comes in durability the bamboo should be
sufficiently treated against insect or fungus attack before
being utilized for building purposes unlike in steel. Steel
is not only strong, it is durable, versatile, and flexible
enough that it can be used for a wide range of building
projects. Therefore, we can say that the steel is better
than bamboo as a material for building a footbridge.
Makeshift detachable bridge could be more improved in future responses.
A summary of any additional research that may be needed to further evaluation
approaches to reducing the costs of materials. We the researchers, decided to
make the detachable footbridge curved to avoid deflection, because we are
trying to build the bridge without any foundation at the middle. We divide the
footbridge into eleven span because it is detachable but as we design the bridge
will remain strong as we apply force to it.Analysis of the design of the bridge
that makes people sustainable and be more efficient when comes to safety.
Future researchers will make a study in determining the the
loading capacity of the makeshift detachable steel footbridge.
They could also upgrade the bridge by finding a materials that can
be lighter but as strong as steel so that it will be easier to set it up.
They can also make comparison of the detachable steel footbridge
to concrete footbridges and other kinds of footbridges.Future
study may also follow the steps that we do to design the
footbridge.
MATERIALS
ANGLE BAR

An angle bar is a steel material which is an angle shape with inside

radius corners that is ideal for all structural applications. An angle
bar is also used to turn the web when feeding from the side, or to
bypass the former folder.
ANGLE BAR

SIZE:
3/16”x2”

SIZE:
3/16”X1
FLAT BAR

Flat bar are a flat, rectangular section with square edges varying in sizes
the cost-effective steel product is suitable for a wide variety of
applications and distributed.
SIZE:
3/16”x2

SIZE:
3/16”x1 1/2
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often called all-thread.
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