Battered Piles on Pier
Battered Piles on Pier
(OP)
I am attempting to finalize a design for the pile footing of a horizontal curve plate girder bridge. My question is about the battered piles and what loads go into account for the piles. I have used the wind and wind on live load. It was originally designed over 10 years ago and has been re-designed to account for traffic load changes. The calcs with the original design can't be located and the original design seems a bit overkill in comparison to the loads I am getting. Any help or direction would be appreciated.






RE: Battered Piles on Pier
From memory:
Wind on superstructure, transverse;
Wind on live load, transverse;
Centrifugal forces and
Wind on substructure
again there maybe some component of longitudinal forces. Also for particular regions there are earthquake forces and in the case of stream crossings, stream forces.
Regards,

Qshake
Eng-Tips Forums:Real Solutions for Real Problems Really Quick.