| Course Name | Bridge Engineering |
| Course Code | 23CIE335 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Civil Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Components of bridges – Classification of bridges – Importance and investigation for bridges – Hydrology – design flood discharge, linear waterway and scour depth – Choice of Bridge Type, subsoil exploration, location of piers and abutments. Specification of road bridges – width of carriage way, IRC loads to be considered, calculation of live load by effective width method.
General Design Consideration – design of pipe culvert, design of Slab Bridge, design of T-beam Bridge, design of box culverts – Components and design principles of RC balanced cantilever bridge and Prestress concrete bridges.
Type of sub structures – Forces acting on substructures – Design of abutments, piers – Types of Foundations
Importance of bearings – types of bearings- design of elastomeric bearings – joints – types of joints. Construction and maintenance of bridges – Assessment of load carrying capacity of bridges – Lessons from bridge failures.
Prerequisite(s): 19CIE303 Basic Reinforced Concrete Design, 19CIE 434 Pre-stress concrete analyses, Design and Construction and 19CIE312 Basic Steel Structures
Course Objectives
The course focuses on understanding the behavior and design of various bridge components according to the Specification of Indian Road Congress code requirements and on par with current Industry practices
Course Outcome
CO1: Understand the need and importance of preliminary investigation on bridge construction site.
CO2: Familiarize the specification of road bridges and loads to be considered.
CO3: Design components of different types of bridges and assess load carrying capacity of bridges.
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| CO2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| CO3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Text book(s)
D.Johnson Victor, “Essentials of bridge engineering”, Oxford University Press, 2019. N.Krishna Raju, “Design of bridges”, Oxford University Press, 2019.
Mosley. B., John B., & Ray Hulse “Reinforced Concrete Design to Eurocode-2”Red Globe Press, 2012.
Reference book(s)
E.J. O’Brien and D.L. Keogh, “Bridge deck analysis”, Spons Architecture,1999. Raina,V.K. “Concrete Bridge Practice”, Shroff Pub & Dist. Pvt. Ltd, 2007. Ponnuswamy,S., “Bridge Engineering”, Tata McGraw – Hill Education, 2007.
IRC Codes (IRC 5 – 2015, IRC 6-2017, IRC 112-2011, IRC SP105-2015, IRC SP13-2004,IRC SP37 -2010 , IRC SP114-2018, MORT&H )
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