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10 Design Loads on Bridges | Highway & Rail

Bridge | Miscellaneous Loads
Calculating Design Loads and loading bridge model is one the most sophisticated part in the design of any Bridge.
Find below all important loads to be considered in the design of a Bridge.

Dead Load
“Gravity loading due to structural parts of bridge”

Dead consist of permanent gravity forces due to structural Elements. It is simply calculated as the product of volume
and material density. Usually, self-weight is applied in the analysis model using the self-weight option of the analysis
software. This simplifies this calculation step.

Superimposed Dead Load

“dead Gravity loading due to non-structural parts of bridge”

Superimposed dead loads are gravity loads that consist of other permanent items such as parapets and road
surfacing and other non-structural and architectural attachments to the bridge. Such items are long term but might
be changed during the lifetime of the structure. Similar to self-weight it is calculated as the product of volume and
material density.

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The most notable item of superimposed dead load is the road pavement or surfacing. It is not unusual for road
pavements to get progressively thicker over a number of years as each new surfacing is simply laid on top of the
one before it. So particularly high load factor is applied to road pavement.

Imposed traffic Loading

“due to road or rail vehicles”

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Imposed traffic loads consist of those forces induced by road or rail vehicles on the bridge. Bridge traffic can be
vehicular, rail or pedestrian/cycle or indeed any combination of these. Depending on the design code, the type and
intensity of the design vehicle changes. For example, HL-93 is used in AASHTO design code.

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Bridge traffic loading is often governed by trucks whose weights are substantially in excess of the legal maximum.
Bridge traffic loading is applied to notional lanes which are independent of the actual lanes. Eurocode normal
loading consists of uniform loading and a tandem of four wheels in each lane.

Design loads – Truck Load on Bridge

Often, vehicular loads are multiplied with an impact factor to consider the dynamic effects of traffic.

Pedestrian and cycle track

“Gravity loading due to non-vehicular traffic”

Bridge codes usually specify a basic intensity for pedestrian loading. Again intensity depends on the design code, it
is

5 kN/m2 in the Eurocode and the British standard and 4 kN/m2 in the American code.

Thermal
“Uniform and differential changes in temperature”

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There are two thermal effects which can induce stresses in bridges, namely,

1. Uniform temperature change which results in an axial expansion or contraction. If restrained, such as in an arch
or a integral bridge, this can generate significant axial force, bending moment and shear.
2. Differential temperature is that due to differential changes in temperature. If top of a beam heats up relative to
the bottom, it tends to expand; if it is restrained, bending moment and shear force are generated.

The effects of both uniform and differential temperature changes can be determined using the method of ‘equivalent
loads’.

Differential settlement
“Relative settlement of supporting foundations”

Settlement of supports induce additional design moments in superstructure in case of continuous and simply
supported bridges. The intensity of force depends on the amount of settlement.

Impact Loads
“Impact loading due to collision with errant vehicles”

Most bridge analysis is based on static linear elastic principles. Accidental collision of vehicles on the piers and
parapets induces additional forces. Collision of a vehicle with a bridge is highly non-linear.

Dynamic effects
“Effect of bridge vibration”

Where natural frequency is at a level which can be excited by wind or traffic, Vibration in the deck is be a problem, in
slender bridges. This effect is usually considered using impact factor in the design.

Wind Loads
“Horizontal loading due to wind on parapets, vehicles and the bridge itself”

Depending upon the wind intensity and the exposed area, wind loads are applied to bridges in transverse,
longitudinal and vertical directions.

Prestress
“Effect of prestress on indeterminate bridges”

While prestress is not in fact a loading as much as a means of resisting load, it is often convenient to treat it as a
loading for analysis purposes. Like temperature, prestress can be handled using the method of equivalent loads.

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Other Loads
Centrifugal Load
Traction Load
Braking Load
Ice Load
Ship Collision Load
RSI Load
Creep & Shrinkage Effects

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