Examples of Finite Element Models of Steel Bridges - Finite Element Analysis and Design of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges - page 589

250 250 250 250 kN

80 kN/m

80 kN/m

1600
400 1200

1600

12200 11,400

800 800

E

F

7000 7000 8500

8500

E F

6×5000 = 30000 mm

31000 mm

(a)

Elevation

600 mm 600 mm

30

30

30

3000 3000

16 16

30

30

30

(c) (b) Cross-section F-F Cross-section E-E

Figure 6.26 General layout of the full-scale plate girder of a double-track open-timber
railway steel bridge.

while the live loads were LoadModel 71, which represents the static effect of
vertical loading due to normal rail traffic as specified in EC1 [3.1]. The worst
case of loading for bending moment, adopting Load Model 71, is shown in
Figure 6.26 . Further details regarding the design of the bridge and its com-
ponents are presented in Section 4.2.
To model the full-scale double-track open-timber floor plate girder rail-
way steel bridge shown in Figures 6.25 and 6.26 , the finite element program
ABAQUS [1.29] was used. The model has accounted for the bridge