DESIGN OF PRESTRESSED CELLULAR BOX TYPE GIRDER

Dimentional considerations are assumed for Continuous span Box girder bridge

1 Data-

Pier to pier span 50 meters

Cross section Multi celled box girder
Cell dimentions 2 meter wide X 2 meter deep
Road Width 7.5 m
Foot Paths 1.25 m
Wearing coat 0.08 m
Thickness of web 0.3 m
Thickness of top and bottom slabs 0.3 m
Concrete Grade (M) 60 N/mm2
Grade of supplementary reinforcement (Fe) 415 N/mm2 (HYSD bars)
Type of anchorages Freyssinet type
No. of Strands 27
Dia of each strand 15.2 mm (High tensile strands conforming to IS:6006-2000)
Dia of cable to insert strand 110 mm
Loss Ratio 0.8
Height of web 1.4 m

2 Permissible stresses
For M-60 grade concrete and Fe 415 HYSD bars, the permissible stresses conforming to IRC : 21-2000 are :
Ϭcb 11.5 N/mm2
Ϭst 200 N/mm2
m 10
j 0.879
Q 1.844

For M-60 grade concrete the permissible stresses conforming to IRC : 18-2000 are :
fck 60 N/mm2
fci 45 N/mm2
fct 0.45*fci 20.25 N/mm2
fcw 0.33*fck 19.8 N/mm2
ftt 0
Ec 5000√fck 38.7298334621 KN/mm2

3 Cross section of box girder

Overall depth of the box girder span/25 2 meter
Width of road way 7.5 meter
Width of footpaths 2*footpath 2.5 meter
Total width of box girder at road level 10 meter
Spacing between web 2 meter
Thickness of web (tw) 200+100 300 mm Conforming to IRC : 18-2000
 1.25 7.5 1.25

0.3 0.3
2
0.3

2 2 2 2

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CROSS SECTION OF MULTI- CELLULAR BOX

0.3

0.3 2

0.3

CROSS SECTION OF WEB GIRDER

Cross sectional Area 1.62 m2

Second Moment of inertia 0.94 m4
Distance of extreme fiber from centeroid=Y=Yt=Yb 1 m
Section Modulus (Z) 0.94 m3

4 Design of slab pannel

a) Dead load of slab 7.5 KN/mm2

Dead load of wearing coat 1.76 KN/mm2
Total D.L 9.26 KN/mm2

Maximum negative bending moment 1.98164 KNm

Maximum positive bending moment 1.42604 KNm

Maximum Shear force 11.112 KN

b) Live Load Bending moments Conforming to IRC : 21-2000

CLASS A-A tracked vehicle loading (for one tyre) =
u 1.01 m Tyre width =
v 3.76 m CLASS A-A tracked vehicle loading (for both tyres) =

Avg. intensity of wheel load with impact factor 115.2043395829 KNm2

Concentrated load acting at center of span in transverse direction is computed as:

Q 116.3563829787 KN
 0.85

0.08 `
0.3 1.01

0.3

116.3563829787

1.01

Maximum negative bending moment 42.1210106383 KNm

Maximum positive bending moment 48.8696808511 KNm

Maximum Shear force 69.8138297872 KN

c) Design bending moments and shear forces

Total positive B.M (D.L +L.L) 50.2957208511 KNm

Total negative B.M (D.L +L.L) 44.1026506383 KNm

Total Shear force(D.L +L.L) 80.9258297872 KN

d) Design of top slab section and reinforcement

Effective depth (d) √(M/Qb) 165.1524649744 mm

Effective depth provided (d) 250 mm

Ast (Main) (M/(Ϭst*j*d)) 1144.3850022995 mm2

Provide 16 mm dia bars at 175.6052373949 mm c/c

Reffering to clause 15.4 of IRC : 18-2000, for top slab of box girder decks,
Minimum supplementary reinforcement in the direction is 0.18% of gross cross sectional area.

Ast (Distribution Reinforcement) 540 mm2

Provide 12 mm dia bars at 209.3333333333 mm c/c

e) Check for shear stress in slab

 Design shear stress(Ʈ) 0.3237033191 N/mm2
% percentage 0.4577540009

Ʈc 0.32 N/mm2 Conforming to Table 12 -C of IRC : 21-2000

K 1.00 Conforming to Table 3.9 (12-C) of IRC : 21-2000
K*Ʈc 0.32 N/mm2

Since 'Ʈ' does not exceeds 'K*Ʈ ' Shear reinforcemments are not required
c

4 Design of web girder

a) Self weight of flange 15 KN/mm2

Self weight of wearing coat 1.76 KN/mm2
Total load 16.76 KN/mm2
Self weight of web 10.08 KN/mm2
Total load on each girder 43.6 KN/mm2
M 13625 KNm
gB
M 7739 KNm
gD

1351.6 KN
Vg

b) Live load bending moments in continuous web girder

Max. live load Reaction on web

RB = Q = 385 KN

385

3.6
48.2

50 50
A B C

Maximum positive live load bending moment

with impact factor at centre of span 4298.525 KNM

Maximum negative bending moment MQB 1986.215 KNM

Maximum Shear force 337.4 KN

With impact factor 371.14 KN

c) Design bending moments and shear forces

i) B.M (outer web girder)

At mid span (Mu) 22354.8125 KNM

At mid support (Mu) 25403.0375 KNM
ii) S.F (Inner web girder)

At mid support (Vu) 2955.25 KN

d) Check for minimum section modulus

Mdb Mgb + MQB 15611.215 KNM

fbr Ƞ*fct-ftw 16.2 N/mm2

finf (ftw / Ƞ)+(Mg/ Ƞ*Zb) 18.1183510638 N/mm2

Zb Should be ≥ [(Mq+(1-Ƞ)Mg)/ftw]
Zb ≥ 2.9E+08 mm3
(section provided)
Hence section provided is adequate

e) Prestressing force
Providing an effective cover 300 mm
Maximum possible ecentricity at support (e) 700 mm

350 700 350

50 50

Prestressing force (P) (A*fb*Zb)/(Zb+A*e) 13303.10 KN

Characteristic strength of each strand 265 KN (Appendix 3 -Prestressed concrete by Krishna Raju)

Force in each strand 5724 KN

≈ 5000 KN
Providing 3 cables carrying an initial
prestreesing force (P) 15000 KN

(Area of 27 strands
in each cable) 4896.8928 mm2
Area of three cables (Ap) 14690.6784 mm2

350
600 200 700
600 2000
200

50
f) Check for stresses at service loads
1 At center of span
Stresses at extreme fiber (At transfer stage)

Ϭt 11.91 N/mm2
Ϭb 6.61 N/mm2

Stresses at extreme fiber (At Service load stage)

Ϭt 15.75 N/mm2
Ϭb -0.93 N/mm2

2 At Mid support section

Stresses at extreme fiber (At transfer stage)

Ϭt 6.32 N/mm2
Ϭb 12.20 N/mm2

Stresses at extreme fiber (At Service load stage)

Ϭt -0.26 N/mm2
Ϭb 15.08 N/mm2

Max. Permissible limit 20 N/mm2

safe
f) Check for ultimate flexural strength
1 At center of span

i) Faliure by yielding of steel

Mu (resistance) 33235.16 KNm Conforming to IRC : 18-2000
> 22354.81 safe

ii) Faliure by crushing of steel

Mu (resistance) 25455.6 KNm
> 22354.81 safe
2 At Mid support section
i) Faliure by yielding of steel
Mu (resistance) 41851.69 KNm Conforming to IRC : 18-2000
> 25403.04 safe

ii) Faliure by crushing of steel

Mu (resistance) 34578.00 KNm
> 25403.04 safe
Design satisfies the limit state of collapse

g) Check for ultimate shear strength

ft 0.24√fck 1.86 N/mm2
fcp (Ƞ*P)/A 7.41 N/mm2
Ө (4*e)/L 0.056 N/mm2

Vcw (resistance)
0.67*bw*h*√(ft2+0.8fcp*ft)+Ƞ*P*SinӨ 2201.32 KN

Design Shear force (Vu) 2955.25 KN

Balance shear force 753.93 KN

Spacing for shear reinforcement (stirups)

Using 12 mm dia bars

Spacing (Sv) (0.87*fy*Asv*d)/Sv 205.7 mm

Provide 2 legged 12 mm dia stirup bars at 205.7 mm c/c

At support gradually increasing to…. 300 mm c/c

i) Supplementary reinforcement

Longitudinal reinforcement of not less than 0.18 % of gross cross sectional area Conforming to IRC : 18-2000
are to be provided to safeguard against shrinkage cracking in webs.

Ast 0.0018*b*d 540 mm2

Provide 12 mm dia bars at 209 mm c/c

300

12@300

2000
350 200

300

300
16@175
(a) Mid span section
 12@200

300

700
110 mm cable ducts
2000
12@200 12@200

300

300

(b) Mid support section

j) Design of end block Conforming to IRC : 18-2000 (Table -8)

Near the end supports where anchorages

are located the web thicness is incresed twice 600 mm

To accommodate the anchorage bearing

plates of size 400 X 400 mm

Ratio 0.67 IRC : 18-2000 (Table -8)

Bursting tension in horizontal plane(Fbst) 600 KN

Anchorage zone reinforcement

Ast 1661.82 mm2
Provide 16 mm dia bars at 121 mm c/c
≈ 100 mm c/c
Provide in horizontal and vertical planes
distribute in region from(0.2*tw to 2*tw) i.e. 60 mm to 600 mm as shown in figure below

16@100 300 300

400

600

600

400

above 600 mm above 600 mm

≈1000 mm ≈1000 mm