The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI
The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI
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References<br />
Loads on <strong>Bridges</strong> 73<br />
where F represents the load due to dead load, live load, wind load, etc. and b FN<br />
is the factor on the particular load for the particular combination N. Dead load,<br />
earth pressure, buoyancy and stream flow pressure are considered permanent<br />
forces and are included in all the load combinations with the following<br />
b-factors:<br />
dead load ¼ 1.0 except that a smaller factor <strong>of</strong> 0.75 is taken for<br />
minimum load and maximum moment in columns<br />
earth pressure ¼ 1.3 for maximum lateral pressure<br />
¼ 0.5 for minimum lateral pressure<br />
¼ 1.0 for vertical earth pressure<br />
buoyancy ¼ 1.0<br />
stream pressure ¼ 1.0.<br />
Combination 1 is the main combination with live load, combination 2 is for<br />
wind load on unloaded bridges and combination 3 is for wind load on bridges<br />
carrying traffic. Combination 4 is for temperature and shrinkage effects with<br />
live load and combination 5 is for temperature and shrinkage effects with high<br />
wind and no live load. Combination 6 is an omnibus combination with all the<br />
above loads, but with a reduced g-factor to represent the reduced likelihood <strong>of</strong><br />
all the forces acting with their peak values. Combinations 4, 5 and 6 are<br />
dominated by the forces due to shrinkage and thermal effects and are thus<br />
critical for those structures that are restrained against longitudinal expansion or<br />
contraction, i.e. arches and portal frames. Combination 7 is for earthquake<br />
forces, to be taken in conjunction with only the permanent loads. Combinations<br />
8 and 9 are for ice pressure on substructures, to be combined with live loads<br />
only in the former combination, and with wind load only in the latter.<br />
In comparing the g and b factors in the AASHTO specification with the<br />
partial load factors in BS 5400, it has to be remembered that in the latter code<br />
two other partial factors are to be considered. <strong>The</strong>se are:<br />
(1) g f3 – this takes account <strong>of</strong> inaccuracies in the assessment <strong>of</strong> load effects,<br />
or in the calculation model or in the overall dimensions, and is taken as<br />
1.1 in the ultimate limit state<br />
(2) gm – this is the partial factor for material strength and is generally 1.05<br />
for structural steel.<br />
1. Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Load Carrying Capacity <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bridges</strong>: 1979. Organisation for<br />
Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris.<br />
2. BS 5400: Part 2: 1978. <strong>Steel</strong>, Concrete and Composite <strong>Bridges</strong>: Specification for<br />
Loads: British Standards Institution, London.<br />
3. Departmental Standard BD 23/84: Loads for Highway and Foot/Cycle Track<br />
<strong>Bridges</strong>. Department <strong>of</strong> Transport, London.