BRIDGE DESIGN CHECKS Proj. No. Doc. No. Rev. No.

Client: TSK AA4850 BD02 0

Project: Sumbagut 2 Power Plant Project Prep. By Chk'd by Date
Subject: Design Checks for MPC Flyover Bridge & ALE 5.5m ramps EAM MD 08/07/2019
Design Parameters:

Yield Stress of Steel (A36) Fy  248MPa

Minimum Tensile Strength of Steel Fu  370MPa

Modulus of Elasticity of Steel Es  200000MPa

t
Density of Steel γstl  7.85
3
m

Concrete Compressive Strength fc  20.7MPa

Note: Sea-fastening design and other checks are based on Steel Construction Manual (AISC) 14th Edition - Allowable
Stress Design.
Check for Load Spreading Mats 12m x 1.8m x 0.6m
Sectional Properties of Mat:

d  600 ˜ mm Depth of Section

tf  25 ˜ mm Flange Thickness
tw  15 ˜ mm Web Thickness
bf  1800 ˜ mm Width of Section
tsp  12mm Thickness of side plates
nsp  2 Number of side plates
hm  d  2 ˜ tf 550 ˜ mm
2
Total Area Atotal  2 ˜ bf ˜ tf  hm ˜ tw  nsp ˜ tsp ˜ hm 111450 mm
2
Atotal 111450 ˜ mm
3 2 3 3
tw ˜ hm § d  tf ·  2 ˜ bf ˜ tf  tsp ˜ hm ˜ nsp
Moment of Inertia (x-x) Ix   2 ˜ bf ˜ tf ˜ ¨ ¸
12 © 2 ¹ 12 12
4
Ix 7984468750 ˜ mm
Ix
Section Modulus Sx  3
d Sx 26614895.83 ˜ mm
2

Plastic Modulus
2 2
tw ˜ hm tsp ˜ hm 3
Zx  bf ˜ tf ˜ ( d  tf)   ˜ nsp 28824375 ˜ mm
4 4

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 t
Weight of Mat wmat  Atotal ˜ γstl 0.87 ˜
m

8 Wheels on Span
Distance between first and last axles a  440 ˜ mm Number of a spaces na  2
within the span to abutments
Distance between SPMT axles b  1400 ˜ mm Number of axle spaces nb  7
Dynamic Load Allowance IMF  1.15 Span of Ramp Span  na ˜ a  nb ˜ b
Load Per Wheel Lpw  6.00t (actual is only 5.22t per wheel) Span 10.68 m
Wheels per mat width wpmw  3 Length of Mats Lmat  12.000m
Concentrated Load, P  wpmw ˜ Lpw
P 18 ˜ t
Gap Between Steel ramp bottom and top of concrete bridge gap  60mm
60

440 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 440

6340 1000 3340

10680
(RAMP SPAN)
(Assumption: Every 1.8m shall be carrying
loads from 3 wheels and the load per wheel
Elevation
is 5.22t as per transport arrangement
drawing but calculations consider 6.00t.
The load per wheel is increased by 15% as
a dynamic load allowance.

1110 630 820 630 820 630 820 630 1110

7200 (RAMP WIDTH)

End Elevation

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 Allowable Deflection,
Span
Δallow  Δallow 59.33 ˜ mm
180

Reaction at both Supports,

8P ˜ IMF  wmat ˜ ( 2 ˜ a  7 ˜ b)
Ra  Ra 87.47 ˜ t
2

Maximum Moment,
2
§ na ˜ a  nb ˜ b ·
¨ ¸
§ nb ˜ b · © 2 ¹
Mmax  Ra ˜ ¨ a  ¸  P ˜ IMF ˜ ( 3.5 ˜ b  2.5 ˜ b  1.5 ˜ b  0.5 ˜ b)  wmat ˜
© 2 ¹ 2
Mmax 222.79 ˜ t ˜ m
Maximum Shear,
8P ˜ IMF  wmat ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)
Vmax 
2
Vmax 87.47 ˜ t
Nominal bending strength
Mnmat  Fy ˜ Zx 728.94 ˜ t ˜ m
Safety factor for bending
ΩM  1.67

Available bending strength Mnmat Mmax

Mamat  436.49 ˜ t ˜ m 0.51
ΩM Mamat

checkmatM  "Mat is OK for bending." if Mmax  Mamat

Check for bending
"Mat is NOT OK. for bending" otherwise
checkmatM "Mat is OK for bending."

Vnmat  0.60Fy ˜ hm ˜ ( tw  nsp ˜ tsp) 325.47 ˜ t

Nominal shear strength
hm § Es ·
ΩV  1.5 if  2.24 ˜ ¨ ¸ 1.5
Safety factor for shear tw © Fy ¹
1.67 otherwise
Vnmat Vmax
Available shear strength Vamat  216.98 ˜ t 0.4
ΩV Vamat

checkmatV  "Mat is OK for shear." if Vmax  Vamat

Check for shear
"Mat is NOT OK. for shear" otherwise

checkmatV "Mat is OK for shear."

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 Check for Pin Connection
Number of Lugs nlug  6
Thickness of Lugs tlug  50mm
Thickness of Cheek Plates tcp  15mm
Height of Center of Pin
hpin  150mm
from Bottom of the Mat
Check for bolts

Pin classification Grade A36 Fypin  248MPa

Diameter of pin dpin  120mm

Nominal shear stress: Fvnpin  0.6 ˜ Fypin 148.8 ˜ MPa

Safety factor for shear: Ωv  1.67

Available shear force on 2Fvnpin dpin 2

Favpin  nlug ˜ ˜ ˜π 1233.1 ˜ t
pin (Double Shear) Ωv 4

Check for bearing:

Fnlug  1.80 ˜ Fy ˜ dpin ˜ nlug ˜ ( 2 ˜ tcp  tlug) 2621.96 ˜ t
Nominal bearing strength:
Ω  2.00
Safety factor:
Fnlug
Available bearing strength: Falug  1310.98 ˜ t
Ω
Mimimum Capacity of Pin 
Pincap  min Falug Favpin  1233.1 t

Equivalent Area for Compression

Width of Mat bf 1.8 m
Ωc  1.67
Safety Factor for Compression
Pincap
Height of Compression Block hcb  45.24 mm
Fy
˜ bf
Ωc

hcb
Lever Arm La  d   hpin 427.38 mm
2

Mcapcon  Pincap ˜ La 527 t ˜ m

Moment Capacity of Connection
Mmax
Ratio for Moment RatiopinM  0.42
Mcapcon

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 checkconM  "Connection is OK for bending." if Mmax  Mcapcon
Check for Moment
"Connection is NOT OK for bending." otherwise
checkconM "Connection is OK for bending."

Maximum Deflection,
4
5 ˜ wmat ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)
Δmat1  0.91 ˜ mm
384 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

P ˜ ( a  3 ˜ b)
˜ ª¬3 ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)  4 ˜ ( a  3 ˜ b)
2 2º
Δmat2  ¼ 5.47 ˜ mm
24 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

P ˜ ( a  2 ˜ b)
˜ ª¬3 ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)  4 ˜ ( a  2 ˜ b)
2 2º
Δmat3  ¼ 4.48 ˜ mm
24 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

P ˜ ( a  b)
˜ ª¬3 ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)  4 ˜ ( a  b)
2 2º
Δmat4  ¼ 2.79 ˜ mm
24 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

P ˜a
˜ ª¬3 ˜ ( 2 ˜ a  3 ˜ b)  4 ˜ a
2 2º
Δmat5  ¼ 0.16 ˜ mm
24 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

Δmat  Δmat1  Δmat2  Δmat3  Δmat4  Δmat5 Δmat 13.8 ˜ mm

Check for Deflection

checkmatΔ  "Ramp is OK for deflection." if Δmat  min ( Δallow gap) "Ramp is OK for deflection."
"Ramp is NOT OK. for deflection" otherwise
checkmatΔ "Ramp is OK for deflection."

60mm packing is enough for the gap since the deflection is only 13.8mm.
Lmat  Span
Length of Mat supported on Packers Lmatsup  0.66 m
at the abutments: 2

Ground Load per meter width of mat Vmax t

GBPpwm  73.63 ˜ GBPpwm 0.72 ˜ MPa
in contact with bridge abutment: Lmatsup ˜ bf 2
m
Minimum Concrete Compressive Strength Conc comp  0.25 ˜ fc 5.17 MPa
without Reinforcement
GBPpwm
Ratio for Compressive Strength Ratioconc  0.14
Conc comp

Check for Concrete checkconc  "Concrete Abutment is OK." if GBPpwm  Conc comp

"Concrete Abutment is NOT OK." otherwise

checkconc "Concrete Abutment is OK."

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 Check for Load Spreading Mats 5.5m UC203x203x46
Sectional Properties of Mat:

d  203.2 ˜ mm Depth of I-beam

tf  11 ˜ mm Flange Thickness

tw  7.2 ˜ mm Web Thickness

bf  203.6 ˜ mm Width of I-beam

n 5 Number of effective I-sections

Wmat  bf ˜ n 1018 ˜ mm Width of Mat
h  d  2 ˜ tf 181.2 ˜ mm
2
Total Area Atotal  5873mm ˜ n
2
Atotal 29365 ˜ mm
4
Moment of Inertia (x-x) Ix  45678155mm ˜ n
4
Ix 228390775 ˜ mm
3
Plastic Modulus Zx  449588mm ˜ n
3
Zx 2247940 ˜ mm
t
Weight of Mat wmat  Atotal ˜ γstl 0.23 ˜
m

Case 1: 4 Wheels on Span

Distance between first and last axles a  300 ˜ mm Number of a spaces na  2
within the span to abutments
Distance between SPMT axles b  1400 ˜ mm Number of axle spaces nb  3

Dynamic Load Allowance IMF  1.15 Span of Ramp Span  na ˜ a  nb ˜ b

Load Per Wheel Lpw  6.00t (actual is only 5.22t per wheel) Span 4.8 m
Wheels per mat width wpmw  2 Length of Mats Lmat  5.50m
Concentrated Load, P  wpmw ˜ Lpw
P 12 ˜ t
Gap Between Steel ramp bottom and top of concrete bridge gap  60mm

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 40

300 1400 1400 1400 300

4800

Elevation
(Assumption: 5 x I-beams shall be carrying
loads from 2 wheels and the load per wheel
is 5.22t as per transport arrangement
drawing but calculations consider 6.00t.
The load per wheel is increased by 15% as
a dynamic load allowance.

534 630 820 630 820 630 820 630 534

6048 (RAMP WIDTH)

End Elevation

Allowable Deflection,
Span
Δallow  Δallow 26.67 ˜ mm
180

Reaction at both Supports,

4P ˜ IMF  wmat ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)
Ra  Ra 28.15 ˜ t
2

Maximum Moment,

2
§ na ˜ a  nb ˜ b ·
¨ ¸
© 2 ¹
Mmax  Ra ˜ ( a  b)  P ˜ IMF ˜ b  wmat ˜
2
Mmax 27.88 ˜ t ˜ m

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 Maximum Shear,
4P ˜ IMF  wmat ˜ ( 2 ˜ a  2 ˜ b)
Vmax 
2
Vmax 27.99 ˜ t

Nominal bending strength

Mnmat  Fy ˜ Zx 56.85 ˜ t ˜ m
Safety factor for bending
ΩM  1.67

Available bending strength Mnmat Mmax

Mamat  34.04 ˜ t ˜ m 0.82
ΩM Mamat

checkmatM  "Mat is OK for bending." if Mmax  Mamat

Check for bending
"Mat is NOT OK. for bending" otherwise
checkmatM "Mat is OK for bending."

Vnmat  0.60Fy ˜ d ˜ tw ˜ n 111 ˜ t

Nominal shear strength
h § Es ·
ΩV  1.5 if  2.24 ˜ ¨ ¸ 1.5
Safety factor for shear tw © Fy ¹
1.67 otherwise
Vnmat Vmax
Available shear strength Vamat  74 ˜ t 0.38
ΩV Vamat

checkmatV  "Mat is OK for shear." if Vmax  Vamat

Check for shear
"Mat is NOT OK. for shear" otherwise
checkmatV "Mat is OK for shear."

Maximum Deflection,
4
5 ˜ wmat ˜ ( 2 ˜ a  2 ˜ b)
Δmat1  0.09 ˜ mm
384 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

P ˜ ( a  b)
˜ ª¬3 ˜ ( na ˜ a  nb ˜ b)  4 ˜ ( a  b)
2 2º
Δmat2  ¼ 10.5 ˜ mm
24 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

P ˜a
˜ ª¬3 ˜ ( 2 ˜ a  2 ˜ b)  4 ˜ a
2 2º
Δmat3  ¼ 1.11 ˜ mm
24 ˜ Es ˜ Ix

Δmat  Δmat1  Δmat2  Δmat3

Δmat 11.7 ˜ mm

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 Check for Deflection
checkmatΔ  "Ramp is OK for deflection." if Δmat  min ( Δallow gap) "Ramp is OK for deflection."
"Ramp is NOT OK. for deflection" otherwise
checkmatΔ "Ramp is OK for deflection."

40mm packing is enough for the gap since the deflection is only 11.7mm.

Lmat  Span
Length of Mat supported on Packers Lmatsup  0.35 m
at the abutments: 2

Ground Load per meter width of mat Vmax t

GBPpwm  78.56 ˜ GBPpwm 0.77 ˜ MPa
in contact with bridge abutment: Lmatsup ˜ n ˜ bf 2
m

Minimum Concrete Compressive Strength Conc comp  0.25 ˜ fc 5.17 MPa

without Reinforcement
GBPpwm
Ratio for Compressive Strength Ratioconc  0.15
Conc comp

Check for Concrete checkconc  "Concrete Abutment is OK." if GBPpwm  Conc comp

"Concrete Abutment is NOT OK." otherwise

checkconc "Concrete Abutment is OK."

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DO NOT SCALE IF IN DOUBT ASK
ELEVATION VIEW
END ELEVATION

5500
5476 1008
TOP FACE DRAGLINE BOARD
100 300 300
350 350 350 TO BE PAINTED WITH
ANTI-SLIP COATING
Ø55
190 210 210
R80
12 1 2 3 4 5
1693 1045 955 1783

LIFTING POINT PLATE

WELD PREP 10MM THK
SECTIONS MARKED 2 AND 4 6 OFF
ON END ELEVATION
350
8 8 28
24
PLAN VIEW

177
20MM FW

40
SECTIONS 2 & 4 TO BE PREPARED & CUT BACK TO
MAINTAIN OVERALL 1008mm DIMENSION
300

300

40

NOTES:

5 No. 203 x 203 x 60 U.C - Lg = 5476 mm

6MM FW ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETRES.
ALL MATERIAL: GRADE S355.
100 12 12
6.6 175 175 FINISH: TOP FACE OF DRAGLINE BOARD TO BE PAINTED
WITH ANTI-SLIP COATING.
Ø55 NTD REQUIREMENTS: MPI INSPECTION TO BE CARRIED OUT ON LUGS.
10
25 1. WEIGHT (inc. 3%welding): 2000 Kg (EST.)
190 2. MINIMUM SECTION ELASTIC MODULUS:
70 76 3. MINIMUM SECTION SECOND MOMENT OF AREA:
Ø25
4. BASED ON DWG 4081-07-0

R80 REFERENCE CODE:

13 6.6 TEST CERTIFICATE:
10mm FW 25

Client
ALE Abnormal Load Engineering Limited
New Road
Hixon
Project Staffordshire ST18 0PE
United Kingdom
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5.5m LONG DRAGLINE BOARD E4085-25-010-0 0 01-02-2011

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