Suppose a pre-stressed concrete bridge project has completed its engineering design stage and ready to begin its construction. The project owner, however suddenly changes his/her plans to use steel girder instead of pre-stressed beam but retain the other bridge component materials as originally selected. All other bridge parameters such as the bridge width, span length, number of lanes, slab, parapet, diaphragm, abutment, etc remain unchanged. Comment and give reasons on the anticipated changes in the engineering design that need to be addressed in terms of : (i) the live load (ii) the dead load and superimposed dead load (ii) backfill (iv) shrinkage, temperature & creep and wind

Suppose a pre-stressed concrete bridge project has completed its engineering design stage and ready to begin its construction. The project owner, however suddenly changes his/her plans to use steel girder instead of pre-stressed beam but retain the other bridge component materials as originally selected. All other bridge parameters such as the bridge width, span length, number of lanes, slab, parapet, diaphragm, abutment, etc remain unchanged. Comment and give reasons on the anticipated changes in the engineering design that need to be addressed in terms of : (i) the live load (ii) the dead load and superimposed dead load (ii) backfill (iv) shrinkage, temperature & creep and wind

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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