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Bridges
Bridges are these amazing structures that literally 'bridge'
huge distances. One wonders, how one long road can span
a huge distance and bring a far away destination within
reach. There are bridges over seas, there are bridges
between cities, there are bridges suspended over valleys,
there are bridges spanning miles and miles. The
engineering and architecture that goes into building
bridges is really commendable.
INTRODUCTION
Truss bridges are the oldest known bridges of the modern
Characteristics of
Truss Bridges
The truss is usually a triangular
unit.
It creates a very rigid
structure & one that transfers
the load from a single point to
much
wider are
areausually
a
Truss
bridges
made from a series of
Importance
Simple trusses become uneconomical when the span exceeds 80 to
100m. Earlier ,multiple web system were used in long span bridges.
However, they are expensive and highly indeterminate and are no
longer in used.
The modern trend is to use some form of sub-divided trusses or Ktruss.
A sub-divided truss is obtained by placing in every panel of the truss
some secondary members or diagonals.
In contrast with primary members, which are stressed with all
positions of loads, secondary members are stresses only by the loads
in certain limited positions.
The load moves on lower chords.
Truss Bridges
FIXED
Truss
Beam bridge strengthened by trusses (structural pts joined
to form triangles with tie rods)
Lighter than ordinary beam sections of equal length
Useful for longer bridges
HOWE TRUSS
The Howe truss is made
View west of an iron truss bridge crossing the Colorado River on the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad Montrose line at Grand Junction, Colorado; people and horses
are on a sand bar.
PRATT TRUSS
The design of Pratt truss is
BALTIMORE BRIDGE
The Baltimore truss bridge is
PENNSYLVANIA TRUSS
The Pennsylvania or Petit
K TRUSS BRIDGE
In the K Truss bridges, length
Forces Acting on
Truss Bridges
Economical to construct
Spans longer distances than
beam bridges
Ability to support weight relies on
the strength of the joints
Google maps
Diagonal view of new sirhind canal ropar bridge and old
sirhind canal ropar bridge
LOCATION
New sirhind canal ropar bridge is located in
between ropar city to connect ropar city to state
highway 24
Terrific traffic on
old bridge
The old bridge on sirhind
METHODOLOGY
Measurement of baltimore truss bridge with sub struts: through type
Influence line diagram for top chords
Influence line diagram for bottom chords
Influence line diagram for diagonal and vertical members
Loadings
Design of top chord
Measurements
24 panels @
Truss length:
Carriage way width:
Bridge length:
Footpath width:
Abutment length:
Truss height:
Sub strut height:
3.75 metre
90 metre
9.63 metre
134 metre
2.3 metre
22 metre
12 metre
6 metre
Submitted by:
Sukhmani kaur
Sahil thapa
Vinit kumar
Sumit sharma
Vishwajeet kumar
Nouriz gafoor
Shubham mahajan
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