Design of steel-concrete composite bridge

CIVIL-480 / 4 credits

Teacher: Lignos Dimitrios

Language: English

Remark: Biennal course taught in even years.

Summary

Design and analysis of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges; Railway and Pedestrian bridges; arch bridges; Shear resistance and resistance against combined loads; Fatigue design; Stability of members; Composite and Long term effects; Corrosion protection; Weathering steels and coatings

Content

Week 1: Introduction and terminology
Week 2: Structural forms, fabrication and erection
Week 3: Internal forces in beam bridges
Week 4: Steel beams -€“ Resistance to shear and combined forces
Week 5: Steel beams - Resistance to conentrated loads
Week 6: Composite slabs in steel girders
Week 7: Design against fatigue
Week 8: Overall and member stability
Week 9: Corrosion - conventional and weathering steels
Week 10: Bridge foundations
Week 11: Railway bridges
Week 12: Pedestrian bridges
Week 13: Maintainance - demountable systems
Week 14: Bridge retrofit with conventional and high-performance materials

Keywords

Steel-concrete composite bridges; Advanced analysis & design; Maintainance; Stability; Fatigue

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Design of steel and concrete structures

Recommended courses

Structural stability, Structural dynamics

Important concepts to start the course

Basic knowledge in structural steel and steel-concrete behaviour and design

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Design and analyse steel, steel-concrete composite bridges.
  • Design steel, composite bridges against accidental loads and long-term effects.
  • Assess / Evaluate the bridge safety, maintainance, bridge retrofit.

Transversal skills

  • Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
  • Respect relevant legal guidelines and ethical codes for the profession.

Teaching methods

3-hour lecture, 1-hour exercises
Use of powerpoint; online lecture recording system to facilitate learning; tools to facilitate learning of bridge design; in-class exercises

 

Expected student activities

Class participation ; in-class exercise solutions

 

Assessment methods

Semester project (40%) and Final written exam (60%)

 

Supervision

Office hours Yes
Assistant.e.s Yes
Forum No

Resources

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

No

Bibliography

Lebet, J.P., Hirt, M.A- 2013, Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges, EPFL

TGC Volume 10: Construction métallique, notions fondamentales

Polycopiés: Norms: SIA 260, 261, 263, 264

Moodle Link

Prerequisite for

Master Thesis (PDM) and Semester Projects on Design, Maintainance and Retrofit of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges

 

In the programs

  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Design of steel-concrete composite bridge
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Design of steel-concrete composite bridge
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: Written (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Design of steel-concrete composite bridge
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional

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