ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, I thank the almighty for providing me with the strength and courage to
present the seminar.
I avail this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards principal Mr. P. P.
Sarvan. Head of institution, for his support.
I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to HOD Mrs. Lalitha P.K. Department of
civil engineering for her valuable suggestions.
I would also like to thank Mrs. Sreethu M.B who guided me throughout the seminar.
Her overall direction and guidance has been responsible for the successful completion
of the seminar. I am also indebted to all teaching and non-teaching staff of department
of civil engineering for their cooperation and suggestions, which is the spirit behind this
report, last but not the least I wish to express my sincere thanks to all my friends for
their good will and consecutive ideas.

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 ABSTRACT

The Millau viaduct over the Tarn River is an exceptional bridge considering the height
under the deck and the 2.5 km total length. Each of the seven high piers is founded on a
thick raft setting on four large piles of 5 m in diameter and 10–15 m deep. The ground
schematically consists of limestone in the north and of marls in the south. As the bridge is
very sensitive to foundation settlements, the concessionary company decided to use the
observational method for controlling the displacements and if necessary stabilize the
foundations. The measurements show that the movements have remained small and
admissible, particularly in terms of the rotations. The settlements have not occurred
continuously under the load, but by steps.

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 CONTENTS

Contents Page No

ACKNOWLEDGMENT i
ABSTRACT ii
CONTENTS iii
LIST OF FIGURES v
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2 MILLAU VIADUCT, FRANCE 2
2.1. Millau viaduct bridge height 2
2.2. Millau viaduct length 2
Chapter 3 THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN 4
3.1. Requirement of the contract specification 4
3.1.a. Architecture 4
3.1.b. Geometrical and functional data 4
3.1.c. Technical matters 4
Chapter 4 PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT 5
Chapter 5 THE STATIC LONGITUDINAL SCHEME 7
Chapter 6 THE CROSS SECTION OF THE DECK 9
Chapter 7 THE PYLONS AND THE STAY -CABLES 11
Chapter 8 THE CHOICE OF MATERIALS 12
Chapter 9 CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIADUCT 13
9.1. Organisation of the work site 13
9.2. Foundations 13
9.3. The shaft of the piers 14
9.4. The prestressing of the piers 16
9.5. Abutments 18
Chapter 10 THE TEMPORARY PIERS 19
10.1. The construction of the deck 20
10.2. Launching of the deck 22
10.3. Final joining up of the two deck halves 26

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 Erection of the pylons and the end of the
10.4. 27
construction phase
Chapter 11 TRAILS AND TESTS 28
Chapter 12 INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING OF
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THE STRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 13 ORGANISATION OF TECHNICAL STUDIES 30
Chapter 14 CONCLUSION 31
REFERENCE 32

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 LIST OF FIGURES

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2.1. Millau viaduct bridge 2
4.1. Elevation view of the viaduct 5
4.2. Functional cross section of the deck 5
4.3. Geotechnical profile of the terrain encountered 6
4.4. Pier P2 (height 245m) 6
6.1. Formwork of pier P2 10
6.2. Elevation of a piers and pylon 10
7.1. Geometry of a pylon 11
9.1. General view of the pier work sites 14
9.2. External formwork of the piers 15
9.3. Head of a pier 16
9.4. Prestressing of piers: elevation and cross section 17
10 Docking of the deck on the temporary support P2 (height
173m) 19
10.1. Cross sectional exploded view of the deck 20
10.2. Area for pre fabrication of the deck -south side 20
10.3. Construction of the deck and the pylons 23
10.4. Launch L4S after re-tensioning of the stay cables 23
10.5. Nose fitted to the leading edge of the deck 25
10.6. Deck during launching -south side 25
10.7 Lifting into position by crane of the elements of a launch
pylon 27
10.8. Transport and lifting of the pylons 27
12.1. Instrumentation of the viaduct under construction 29
13.1. Fire work display marking the end of the construction of the
piers 30