Bridge Design

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Acting Head of Research Division

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Mr Dr.-Ing. Chongjie Kang

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Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of Concrete Structures

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Mr Dipl.-Ing. Lorenz Ostwald

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Qualification aims:
Students shall be able to plan and design concrete, steel and composite bridges on traffic routes and their crossings. They shall be proficient in the strategies of conceptual design and are able to develop different structural and construction variants taking into account specific boundary conditions. They can understand the assessment criteria for bridge designs. They are able to select suitable variants for realisation and justify their selection in a well-founded manner.

The students are capable of modelling and calculating bridge structures. They are proficient in the computer-aided engineering (CAE) calculation of internal forces as well as the preliminary design and the construction stages of bridges.

Contents:
The contents of this module include the historical development of bridge engineering, design principles in bridge constructions, conceptual bridge design, static and dynamic actions on bridges, construction methods, preliminary design of bridge structures, different types of structures, such as slab, beam, frame, truss and arch bridges. Types of prestressing, such as external/internal or bonded/without bond, substructures such as piers and abutments, equipment elements, such as transition constructions and bearings. Fatigue problems, modelling, calculation of bridges with CAE and preparation of design documents are other contents of the module.

Type of course:
2 hours of lectures per week
1 hour of exercise per week
self-study

Requirements for study:
Knowledge of the material and load-bearing behaviour of steel and reinforced concrete structures, the internal force analysis of statically indeterminate systems and the different design methods for reinforced concrete, steel and composite structures at the bachelor level is required.

Credits and grades:
5 credit points can be acquired through the module. The module grade is calculated from the grade of the examination result.

Frequency of module:
The module is offered every academic year (summer semester).

Duration of the module:
1 semester

Recommended literature:

• F. Leonhardt: Bridges – Aesthetics and Design, 4. Aufl., Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1994
• C. Menn, E. Brühwiler: Stahlbetonbrücken, 3. Aufl., Heidelberg: Springer, 2003
• K. Geißler: Handbuch Brückenbau – Entwurf, Konstruktion, Berechnung, Bewertung und Ertüchtigung. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, 2014
• H. Svensson: Cable-Stayed Bridges – 40 years of experience worldwide. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, 2012