ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF

DECK SLABS
Under the guidance of
Dr. B Krishna Rao, ph. D
Professor and Head of Civil Engineering

Presented by
Mummidi Siva
19021D2022
M. Tech Structural Engineering

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,JNTU

KAKINADA
ABSTRACT
 From the moment human started exploring he started to travel
across the world after the world war 2 due to the industrial
revolution. So he invented lot of things which make the transport
and travelling easy. Bridges are the lifelines and supporters for the
improvisation of the road network. Not only do the bridges help in
traffic flow without any interference but also maintain the safety of
roads. Due to this reason the bridges design has gained much
importance. This presentation describes the concepts involved in the
design and analysis of deck slabs by manual design procedure to
provide cost effective, durable and more rapid construction for both
highway and local bridges.
LITERATURE REVIEW
 (H. Tanushree ,2016) their study stated that simply single spans, two
lanes RCC and PSC slab bridge deck are analysed using finite
element method and results are compared to the reference analytical
solutions for dead load, IRC class AA loading.(Kushwagh kail , M
niveditha, singh R Robert, 2018) has deck with the comparative
study on simply supported RC T-beam under IRC AA class loading.
The study is based on analytical modelling of RC T beam bridge by
staad pro for different spans and also calculated the maximum shear
force, bending moment, maximum stress and support reaction with
analytical solution is studied. (Patil sudarshan,2017) this paper
studied the analysis of super structure of different sections and spans
is carried out by courben’s method for both IRC A and AA class
loading.
OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK

 In this paper a comparative study on the behaviour of simply

supported deck slab under standard IRC i.e. A class loading. the
study is based on analytical calculation of a deck slab and
calculating maximum bending moment, shear force and beam
stresses in deck slab.
INTRODUCTION
 A slab bridge is the simplest type of construction, adopted for small
spans

 Slab bridges of spans 10m are mostly observed and the range of
span,8-12m is generally used.
 The thickness of slab bridge will be considerably high, but its
construction is simpler and the cost of the form work is also less.

 Dead load consists of its own weight and portion of weight of

superstructure and fixed loads also.

 Live loads are caused by vehicle moving over the bridge

 Live loads have four types of standard loadings for which the road bridges
are designed. These include:

 IRC class 70R loading is applied for permanent bridges and culverts.
Bridges designed for this type of loading is checked for class A loading.

 IRC class AA loading is adopted within municipal limits for existing and
industrial areas.

 IRC class A loading is adopted for all roads on which permanent bridges
and culverts are to be constructed.

 IRC class B loading is adopted for timber bridges.

METHODOLOGY
 The project gives an idea about the analysis and design of Deck
Slab Bridges using IRC 70R tracked vehicle loading.

 Here the model is designed as per IRC 70R loading which is applied
on all roads on which the permanent bridges and culverts can be
constructed.
DESIGN DATA
 Design Parameters:

 Effective span of the Bridge.

 Assume clear span by overall depth as 12.

 Calculation of Dead load.

 Calculation of Dead load bending moment

 Calculation of Dead load shear force

 Slab carrying Concentrated Load

 The maximum BM caused by the concentrated loads shall be

assumed to be restricted by an effective width of the slab.

 For a single concentrated load, the effective width shall be calculated in

accordance with the following equation provided that it shall not exceeds
the actual width of the slab.
 
bef = α X(1-X/L)+b
 bef = effective width of the slab

 α = constants having the values given in the table shown above(B/L)

 X = distance of the centroid of the concentrated load from the nearer

support.

 L = effective span

 b = width of contact area of the concentrated load from nearer support

measured parallel to support edge.
 
 Impact factor: The impact factor fraction shall be determined for reinforced
concrete bridges for spans between 3m and 45m =4.5/6+L.

1.For spans less than 9m, the value of the impact percentage shall be taken as
follows.

 For tracked vehicles : 25 % for spans up to 5m linearly reducing to 10% for

spans up to 10m
 For wheeled vehicles 25%

2.For spans more than 9m the value of impact factor percentage will be as
follows:

 For wheeled vehicles 25% for spans up to 12m and in accordance with the
curve of IRC 6 :2014 for spans in excess of 12m.

 Graph for impact factor

3.Effective width for IRC 70R tracked vehicle for Live load Bending moment.

 The total width of dispersion has three parts:

 The left part of dispersion is extended up to 2.626mts from the centre of the
left wheel

 The centre to centre distance of wheels 2.9-2x0.84/2=2.060mts.

 The right part of dispersion is extended up to 2.647mts from the centre of

right wheel.
Modular ratio :

 m = 280/3σcbc

 Effective depth (d) provided = D-cc-ϕt/2

M σcbc
 For balanced section Kb = σst+mσcbc

 Moment of resistance of the section due to concrete

M = ½ σcbckbjbbd2
 Compressive force in balanced section

 Cb = 1/2σcbcbx
 
 Balanced area of steel : Ast,required = Cb/σst
 
RESULT
 Effective span of the bridge
 Destimated = 10/12 = 0.83m
 DEAD LOAD:
 Dead load of slab qslab = 0.850x25
21.250KN/m3

 Total dead load = 21.250+2.2 = 23.450KN/m2

 Bending moment of dead load qdlxL2 = 23.45x(10.4)2
Mdl = 8 8
= 317.044KNm/m
 
 Shear force qdlxL = 23.450x10.40
Vdl = 2 2

= 121.940KNm/m
 
 Effective width for live load bending moment:
bef = α X(1-X/L)+b
= 7.788m

The effective width for IRC 70R vehicle for live load bending moment
bef = left part + centre to centre + right part
= 3.570+2.06+3.894
= 9.524m
 Effective width for live load shear force:

Effective length of dispersion for live load bending moment

Lef = 4.570+2x0.850+2x0.100
= 6.470m
 Effective width of dispersion for single load
bef = α X(1-X/L)+b
= 5.810m

 Effective width of IRC 70R (tracked) vehicle for live load shear force:
Bef = 2.905+2.060+2.905
= 7.870m
 Bending moment due to live load :
design bending moment = dead load BM + live load BM
= 317.04 + 144.82 = 461.864KNm

shear force due to live load:

design shear force = dead load SF + live load SF
= 121.94+67.4
= 189.34KN
 Moment of resistance of the section due to concrete
 Mc = ½ σcbcKbjbbd2
954.643KNm
 Compressive force in balanced section :
Cb = ½ σcbc kbbd
= 1328.338KN
 Balanced area of steel
Ast,b = Cb/σst
=6991.2mm2
 Area of longitudinal steel
(main reinforcement) required
Ast,required = M/σst jb d
= 3382.4mm2
REFERENCE

 AASHTO, standard specification for Highway Bridges, AASHTO,

Washington DC, USA, 17th edition, 2020.
 A G. Bishara, M C. Liu, and N D wheel load distribution on simply
supported skew-beam-composite bridges.
 N. Krishna raju first edition 1986.
 IRC: 6 (2000) IRC standard specification and code of practice for
Road Bridges, section 2- (Fourth revision)
 IRC 21 (20000 ) IRC standard specification and code of practice
for Road Bridges, section 3, cement concrete (plain and reinforced)-
(third revision)
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