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A Study On Cable Suspension Footbridge


Dr. S.V. Itti, and Amar R. Chougule, Professor, MTech. Student, Dept. of Civil Engg.,KLESCET, Belgaum The Government of Karnataka has taken to restore one of the famous Gangambika Temple which is submerging over eight months in a year under back water of Malaprabha dam. The temple is situated in the central part of Malaprabha river basin near MK Hubli of Belgaum district. To overcome the difficulty for Devi darshan during its submergence a footbridge is recommended on either side of the temple. There are many systems for footbridges construction using such as Rcc, steel, cable stayed cable suspensions, etc. Looking at the site conditions and economy, it has been recommended to provide a cable suspension footbridge. This also enhances the beauty of surrounding area. As per the survey details, the cable suspension footbridge having dimension of 4m width and 90 m overall span at left and 75 m overall span at right has been proposed for accessibility. In the present work the analysis of a left side cable suspension footbridge has been carried out by STAAD.Pro 2006 and the various components of bridges are designed using the programs written in excel spreadsheets. The parametric study has been carried out for different spacing of suspenders and sags of the cable. The study shows that the design is economical and safe for 1.25m spacing of suspenders and ratio span/10 as sag. Introduction Cable suspension bridges are supported by two main steel cables. The deck is hung from suspender cables or steel rods. The cables a re anchored into the stream banks and are supported by intermediate towers Figure 1. Longer span cable suspension bridges are usually designed with a stiffening truss. The stiffening truss supports and stiffens the deck. Cables are then added to carry live loads. To reduce the bending moment in the towers anchor cables are provided. The cables will be having either guided pulley support or roller support like as shown in Figure 2.

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Fixing of Dimensions Civil Engg. Department of our college has carried out the contour survey work of the Gangambika site. Plan and elevation have been prepared as per the client requirement. The size of the bridge is fixed as per the contour map Figure 3 and site conditions. The salient features of the site are as follows: Span of the bridge = 90 m Width of the bridge = 4 m Height of the tower = 12 m Thickness of deck slab = 120 mm Grade of concrete = M 35

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The 3-D view of the cable suspension footbridge taken up for present study is shown in Figure. 4.

View Online Download Issue (PDF) Previous Issues Modeling and Analysis This type of bridge comprises basically a deck slab reinforced with steel bars, stiffening girder, cable system and the tower. Since concrete has a very low tensile strength, the tensile load is transferred by the cables to the anchorage block over the support. The concrete is assumed to carry all the compressive bending stresses. The loads are considered as per IS: 875 part I, II, III and their combinations have been taken as per IS: 875 part V which are: DL + LL DL + LL + WX DL + LL + WZ DL + LL WX DL + LL WZ View Online Download Issue (PDF) Previous Issues The bridge model was analyzed in STAAD.Pro 2006 and designed using excel spreadsheet. The parametric study has been carried out for different spacing of suspenders and cable sags. The results shows that the load combination (DL+LL+WL in +Z) is critical, the 3rdview of this load combination is given in Figure 5.
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Results and Discussions The parametric study is carried out in two folds. View Online Download Issue (PDF) Previous Issues a) Varying the spacing of suspenders and keeping the sag constant. b) Varying the sags and keeping constant spacing of suspender. a)Varying the spacing of suspenders and keeping the sag constant. To decide about the optimum spacing of suspenders, the bridge has been analyzed for different spacing of suspenders varies from 1m to 3m and keeping the sag (span / 10) constant. The results are given in Table 1 as well as in the form of graphs (Figure 6. and Figrue.7). This study shows that, the minimum quantity of the bridge is at 2.25m suspenders spacing. But in the theory, the cable analysis is being done with udl. Therefore this analysis is more suitable if the suspenders spacing is closer. Also from the references, the spacing of suspenders is optimum when it is between 1.25m to 1.75m, therefore in the present work 1.25m spacing of suspenders has been considered and further parametric study on variation of sag has been carried out. b) Varying the sags by keeping constant spacing of suspender Once again the bridge has been analyzed and designed for varying the sags from 7 to 10.5m and keeping the spacing of suspender 1.25m as constant. The results are given in Table 2 as well as in the form of graphs (Figure. 8 and Figure 9 has been left out). The result shows that ratio the span / 10 are economical in design. Conclusions In all cases, the suspenders diameter is less than the minimum required value which is

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The quantity of cable steel has larger variation with respect to the spacing of suspenders. 1.25m spacing of suspenders and cable sag equals span / 10 gives the economical design of footbridge. References Technical Papers A dissertation submitted to the SWISS Federal Institute of Technology Zurich for the degree of Doctor of Sciences ETH by Pietro Pedrozzi Steinman, D. B. A practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. Willard G. Bouricius, Philip K. Wittman, - DESIGNING CANOPY WALKWAYS, Bart Bouricius, Canopy Construction Associates, - 32 Mountain View Circle, Amherst, MA 01002, FL 32835-5137, MA 01002. FOOTBRIDGES, A Manual for Construction at Community and District Level, I.T. Transport Ltd. Consultants in Transport for Development. June 2004. Peters, Tom F., - Transitions in Engineering: Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges, Birkhauser, 1987, ISBN 3764319291. IS Codes IS 456-2000 Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of Practice (Fourth Revision) SP 16:1980 Design Aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS 456- 2000 Books Steinman, D. B. A practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. Niels J. Gimsing, Cable Supported Bridges Concept and Design, A Wily Interscience Publication, technical university of Denmark. Dr. B.C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain-2003, Reinforced Concrete Structures (Vol.1), Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd. Dr. Shah and Karve, Limit State Theory and Design of Reinforced Concrete, Structures Publications.
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