Third Railway Bridge

across Godavari River

Presented by:
Yash Dhabalia (163040032)
Devang Lad (163040039)
Rishiraj Basumatary (163040047)
 Contents:
Introduction
Classification of Pre-stressing
General Configuration
Components of a bridge
Arches
Hangers
Box Girders
Bearings
Pre-stressing System adopted
 Introduction

Bowstring arch type or tied-arch type railway bridge across river

Godavari.
Third railway bridge across Godavari River and replaced the
Havelock bridge which served for nearly 100 years.
The bridge is one of the longest span prestressed concrete arch
bridge in Asia.
Single line Railway bridge.
Constructed by Hindustan Construction Company for the Indian
railways in 1997. Commissioned for passenger traffic in March 1997
and became fully operational for running trains by the Indian
Railways from 2003.
 Classification of Prestressing

Sr. Third Railway Bridge accross

Classification
No Godvari
Linearly or Circular Pre-
1. Linearly
stressing
2. Pre-tensioned or Post Tension Post tensioned

End Anchorage or Non End

3. End Anchorage
Anchorage

Bonded or Unbonded
4. Bonded
Tendons
Precast, Cast in Situ, or
5. Composite
Composite
6. Partially or Fully Pre-stressed Partial Pre-stressed
Internally or Externally
7. Internal
Prestressed
 General Configuration

28 spans
Maximum span 97.552m
Total length =2745 metres
Piers = 28
Designed for axle load of 220.6 kN and EUDL of 80.9 kN/m and
future train speed of 160 kmph.
Designed for wind speed of 200 kmph without L.L and 158
kmph with L.L for cyclonic prone area.
Seismic Zone 1 so not designed for seismic loads.
 Components of a Bridge
1. Arches

RCC twin arches of M45 grade and HYSD reinforcement.

Centre-line of arch follows a second degree parabola.
Constant width of 800 mm .
Depth varies parabolically from 1700 mm at the springing to 1150
mm at the crown.
Lateral Distance is 5600 mm between the arches and connected by
RCC struts of constant depth and varying width to increase the
lateral stiffness.
The arches carry approx. 80% of the D.L+L.L for full span loaded
condition.
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1. Arches

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2. Hangers

Each span consists of 24 hangers which are divided into six types
depending on their height.
Each dina hanger is composed of 49 high tensile steel (HTS) wires of 7
millimeters (0.28 in) diameter each.
These wires run parallel to each other and are encased in a high tensile
polythene pipe, which is cement grouted.
The HTS wires are tested for 10 million cycles of repeat load at the
Zurich laboratory.
The stress range in the wires varies from 393 N/mm2 to 197 N/mm2.
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2. Hangers

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3. Box Girder
Bowstring girder bridge with M42 prestressed concrete.
It has end diaphragms 1000 mm thick with inspection
windows and six intermediate diaphragms at every hanger
location.
Width varies from 5200 mm at the bottom to 6390 mm at
the top whereas depth of the girder varies from 2365 mm at
the center to 2279 mm at the edge.
Length of the girder is 95.552 m.
Top slab thickness is 296 mm, web thickness is 300 mm and
bottom slab thickness is 240 mm.
Casted in 7 Stages
3 Stages of both webs and bottom slab
4 Stages of Top deck
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3. Box Girder

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 Box Girder
6390 mm

296 mm

2365 mm 300 mm
At centre web

240 mm

5200 mm
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4. Bearings
It is provided with pot bearings of 1050 T capacity each.
Types : PNa , PNe, PN

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4. Prestressing System

Box girder prestressed- 16 longitudinal cables

total force =47177kN
The top slab near the girder arch junction
prestressed laterally- 3 cables running
For splitting force arising out of eccentricity between arch
reaction and centroid of prestress forces.
Lateral cables at each hanger location in the bottom slab.
For longitudinal splitting force in the bottom slab arising out
of hanger reaction on either side of the box.
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4. Prestressing System

Total prestress force are not available in girder, since a portion of

cables forces are used in countering the arch thrust.

Net prestress available for girder is 47177-9810=37367kN.

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4. Prestressing System
First cycle of prestressing after 4 weeks after completion of
casting the girder.

Second cycle after further 4 weeks during which the prestress loss
to steel relaxation, creep of girder and elastic shortening of girder made
up .

And a force of 300 ton each cable is again attained.

Finally the cables are grouted with cement grout.

The residual stress ~ 0.8 UTS

Temporary cables destressed (only counter increasing arch

thrust).