SENSITIVITY OF THE COST OF A 183M SPAN STEEL BOX GIRDER BRIDGE TO VARIATION IN DESIGN RULES

This paper describes a program to design a steel box-girder bridge, continuous over an infinite number of equal spans. The program is used to investigate the effects on cost, of changes in the criteria used for the design of the stiffened panels forming the flanges and webs. It is shown that significant changes in the severity of the design rules cause only moderate changes in total cost. A brief discussion is included of the relationship between the designs produced by this program, and those required by the merrison rules. /TRRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Metal Structures Conference, Adelaide, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  Science House, Gloucester and Essex Streets
  Sydney,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • O'Connor, C
• Conference:
  • Metal Structures Conference, Adelaide, 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 62-66

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Box girders; Bridge design; Bridge superstructures; Bridges; Computer programs; Conferences; Costs; Design; Digital computers; Flanges; Steel; Stiffness; Structural design; Webbing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans
• ITRD Terms: 3474: Box girder; 3455: Bridge; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9011: Design (overall design); 8673: Digital computer; 8645: Software; 4542: Steel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164323
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0858250705
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM