School of Building and Civil Engineering: Cest-Sbce
This document contains lecture slides for a bridge engineering course. The course covers various topics related to bridge design including short span bridges, long span bridges, prestressed concrete bridges, steel bridges and bridge components. For short span bridges, design of reinforced concrete slab bridges, culverts and tee beam bridges is discussed. Design of box girder bridges is covered in detail with explanations of analysis, loadings, sections and construction.
School of Building and Civil Engineering: Cest-Sbce
This document contains lecture slides for a bridge engineering course. The course covers various topics related to bridge design including short span bridges, long span bridges, prestressed concrete bridges, steel bridges and bridge components. For short span bridges, design of reinforced concrete slab bridges, culverts and tee beam bridges is discussed. Design of box girder bridges is covered in detail with explanations of analysis, loadings, sections and construction.
A160 Axle Load The A160 load models an individual heavy axle
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M1600 moving traffic load The M1600 moving traffic load models the loads applied by a moving stream of traffic.
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S1600 stationary traffic load The S1600 stationary traffic load models the loads applied by a stationary queue of traffic
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Bridge - General
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Euro-codes
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ULS – Ultimate Limit States
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ULS – Ultimate Limit States
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ULS – Ultimate Limit States
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Findings With the progressive increase in heavy vehicle loadings associated with improved transport vehicle technology, the current vehicle loading standard for the design of road bridges in New Zealand, first introduced in 1972, is no longer appropriate for use in the design of future bridges and evaluation of existing bridges.
A new vehicle loading standard for road bridges in New Zealand November 2013