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The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI

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a coefficient that depends on the number <strong>of</strong> loaded lanes and bridge class<br />

shown in Table 3.5.<br />

<strong>The</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> the vehicles in two adjacent lanes being very close to<br />

each other is allowed for by considering the disposition shown in Fig. 3.3.<br />

(2) B r consists <strong>of</strong> an isolated wheel load <strong>of</strong> 100 kN with contact area 0.3 m<br />

along the direction <strong>of</strong> travel and 0.6 m across.<br />

(3) B t consists <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> two axles, each 160 kN, on each lane. <strong>The</strong> spacing<br />

between the two axles is 1.35 m and the transverse distance between the<br />

wheels is 2.0 m; the possibility <strong>of</strong> the axles in adjacent lanes being very<br />

close to each other is allowed for by taking the minimum space between<br />

the wheels <strong>of</strong> the two axles as 1.0 m. This loading is multiplied by 0.9 for<br />

bridge class II and is not considered for bridge class III.<br />

Certain classified routes are designated for the passage <strong>of</strong> heavy military<br />

vehicles weighing up to 1100 kN or exceptional heavy transport represented by<br />

two carriers each weighing up to 2000 kN.<br />

<strong>The</strong> impact factor is already included in the loading system A; for the<br />

loading system B, the impact factor K is given by<br />

K ¼ 1 þ 0:4<br />

1 þ 0:2L þ<br />

0:6<br />

1 þ 4P=S<br />

where P is the permanent load, S is the live load B, and L the length <strong>of</strong> bridge<br />

member in metres.<br />

A study group set up by the Organisation <strong>of</strong> Economic Co-operation and<br />

Development (OECD) has produced[1] a comparative analysis <strong>of</strong> the bridge<br />

loading standards in the member countries, i.e. the bridge design loading in<br />

Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway and<br />

Sweden, Spain, the UK and the USA are compared. In some <strong>of</strong> these countries<br />

Table 3.5 Coefficients multiplying B<br />

Bridge class Number <strong>of</strong> loaded lanes<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

I 1.20 1.20 0.95 0.80 0.7<br />

II 1.0 1.0 – – –<br />

III 1.0 0.8 – – –<br />

Figure 3.3 Lateral vehicle disposition for French loading.<br />

Loads on <strong>Bridges</strong> 57

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