Details of the Project

·Steel Pedestrian Bridge Project in an Urban City at a road intersection.

·Total length of 112m, max. span of 44m and width of 4m.

·Complete Project to be done using Steel Hollow Sections (RHS/SHS).

·Structural system to comprise of modular repeatable units.

·To be designed for Gravity, Wind, Earthquake loads as per IRC Standards.

·Truss-Portal for the Primary system, Fixed Base Connections for the support.

·Isolated Foundations to be provided for foundation system.

Flow of the Course

· Complete step-by-step approach will be adopted.

· Discussion on the different configurations for a Steel Bridge.

· Understanding the GA drawing provided by Urban Architect.

· Initial Planning of structural framing system.

· Modeling using ETABS/STAAD.

· Calculation for Gravity, Live and Pedestrian Loads as per IRC Standards.

· Calculation for Wind and Earthquake Loads as per IRC Standards.

· Load application on ETABS/STAAD.

· Analysis and Design using ETABS/STAAD.

· Design of Steel members using ETABS/STAAD and MS Excel spreadsheets.

· Connection Design using Idea Statica and MS Excel spreadsheets.

· RCC Pedestal and Isolated Foundation design using SAFE.

· Introduction to Drawing Development using AUTO CAD.

· BOQ preparation using MS-Excel.

· Design Calculation Report preparation.