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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.

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