RR Bridge Girder
RR Bridge Girder
(OP)
I am designing 75ft span RR bridge inside of the existing plant with very limited space of only 2ft between bottom of bridge and top of rails. Attached sketch shows proposed cross section of the bridge. Since this is my first RR bridge I have a couple of questions:
1. Can rails sit directly on the cross beams?
2. Can distance between stiffeners be used for girder's unbraced length Lb of the compression flange?
Any other comments/suggestions to the proposed cross section would be greatly appretiated.
iv
1. Can rails sit directly on the cross beams?
2. Can distance between stiffeners be used for girder's unbraced length Lb of the compression flange?
Any other comments/suggestions to the proposed cross section would be greatly appretiated.
iv





RE: RR Bridge Girder
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: RR Bridge Girder
Regards,
iv
RE: RR Bridge Girder
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: RR Bridge Girder
It consisted of W12x??? spanning between the main girders (perp to rails). I do not remember what the weight per for was, but these things were beefy. Then between the W12x??? I had some stringers spanning the gaps. The top of stringers were aligned with the top of the W12x???'s. The W12x??? were spaced at the same spacing as the minimum axle spacing on the cooper E80 design loading.
No, stiffeners are not considered brace points.
The W12x??? had basically a knee brace which went up to the top flange of the main girders, these were the braces for LTB for the main girders.
RR ties were connected to the structural steel using some sort of spring bolt.
This is from memory, but I believe the max gap between the ties was required to be 6", so for a 8" wide tie, the ties were on 14" cts.
RE: RR Bridge Girder
RE: RR Bridge Girder
I.e., laying the rail directly on the cross beams seems okay within the confines of the bridge per se, but if the approach rails are not rigidly supported, the rails will be subject to extreme bending stress as the approach rail/tie/ballast dynamically deflect under the weight of the train, and the rail on the cross beams does not/ cannot also move. So rail on cross beams should be okay if the approach rails are embedded in a rigid factory floor, but not if they're ballasted.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: RR Bridge Girder
RE: RR Bridge Girder
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA