Design loads for Pot-PTFE bearings

Span length of bridge = 20 m

c/c dist of Longi girders = 4.5 m

SUPPORT REACTIONS ON DIFFERENT BEARING FROM STAAD

5KN/m2 live load
bearing NO- DL (KN) (KN) Crane load (KN)
B1 337.784 122.46 354.345 460.244
B2 390.24 133.24 354.182 523.48
B3 390.24 133.24 354.361
B4 337.784 122.46 354.167

Alpha H = 0.465
Total load on one end of span( Span with Hinged bearing)
DL Rg 72.80 T FROM STAAD
LL Rq 96.44 T FROM STAAD (live load +crane load )

B1 B4
4.50 m

B3 B2

Max load on one bearing Normal Fixed Max of (Fh - m (Rg + Rq)) and (Fh/2 + m (Rg + Rq))
Free m (Rg + Rq)
Seismic Fixed Fh
Free -

m = 0.05 for bearing

Horizontal load (Fh) = 20 T Braking load

No. of bearings on one abuttment

For vertical load 2 B1, B3
For Horizontal (trans) 1 B1
For Horizontal (longi) 2 B1, B3

Transverse
Hori Load/ Brg Longi Movement
Bearing Max Vertical Long Transverse Movement mm mm
Rotation Remarks
type reac (t)
Normal Seismic Normal Seismic + - + -
B1 84.6 9.23 39.35 - 39.35 - - - - 0.01 Fixed

84.6 - - - - 15 15 10 10 0.01 Allowing movement

B2 in all directions

84.6 9.23 39.35 - - - - 10 10 0.01 Allowing movement

B3 in T-T directions

84.6 - 39.35 15 15 - - 0.01 Allowing movement

B4 in L-L directions

Temperature effect
Thermal expansion in steel/ conc (max) = 0.234 mm per deg centigrade
 Maximum temperature variance = 25 deg centigrade

Maximum thermal expansion in superstructure = 5.85 mm

Shrinkage = 4 mm