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Bridge Checks according to EN 1992-2
Eurocode 2: Design and Construction of Reinforced and
Prestressed Concrete Structures Part 2: Concrete Bridges

The InfoCAD program system can be used to conduct ultimate limit state and serviceability checks for any 2D and 3D loaded beam or shell structure. Elements with no prestress as well as prestressed elements with subsequent bond, without bond, with external prestressing and in mixed construction can be analyzed.

Currently, the checks are available for the following documents:

1. EN 1992-2:2005 Basic Document
2. OENORM B 1992-2:2008-08 National Annex Austria

 

Actions, Design Situations

The actions according to EN 1991-2 are simply mapped to the load cases by the user. The program then automatically creates the decisive design values for the ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state while considering the safety factors and combination coefficients. For each combination different design situations can be defined for the construction and end states. When conducting the check, the extreme value deriving from all combinations and situations applies.

Checks at the ultimate limit state

  • Minimum reinforcement against failure without warning
  • Bending with or without normal force or normal force only
  • Lateral force under consideration of the minimum level of reinforcement
  • Pure torsion and torsion with lateral force
  • Checks against fatigue for concrete, bending, lateral force and torsion reinforcement as well as for tendons

Checks at the serviceability limit state

  • Limiting the concrete compressive stresses
  • Limiting the reinforcing steel stresses
  • Limiting the prestressing steel stresses
  • Minimum reinforcement for the crack width limitation
  • Limiting the crack width via direct calculation
  • Decompression check
  • Limiting deformations

Ultimate limit state

The dimensioning of the reinforcement is performed separately on a per checks basis for the modeled design situations. This is determined individually for each combination of internal forces. The final result is derived from the extreme value of all calculated reinforcements.

Serviceability

If required, the checks are carried out in state II under consideration of the calculated maximum reinforcement. In order to attain the required crack width, the minimum reinforcement is increased, if necessary.

Check situations

The following table demonstrates how the situations are used in the various checks. The numbers refer to the chapters of the standards.

Situation

Load-bearing capacity

EN 1992-1-1

EN 1992-2

Permanent & temp.

Accidental

Earthquake

Longitudinal reinforcement

Lateral reinforcement

Torsional reinforcement

6.1

6.2

6.3

3.1.6

Characteristic
(rare)

Robustness reinforcement

 

6.1(110)

Frequent

Fatigue, simpified

6.8.6(2)

 

Fatigue

Concrete
Reinforcing steel
Prestressed steel

6.8.6(1)
6.8.4
6.8.4

NN.3.2
NN.2.1
NN.3.1

Situation

Serviceability

EN 1992-1-1

EN 1992-2

Characteristic
(rare)

Concrete compressive stresses
Concrete compressive stresses
Prestressing steel stresses



7.2(5)

7.2(5)

 7.2(102)

Frequent

Decompression, class XC2-XS3
Crack width, prestressing with bond

 

7.3.1

7.3.1

Quasi-permanent

Concrete compressive stresses
Crack width, reinforced concrete & prestr. without bond
Deformations

7.2(2)




7.4

 

7.3.1

Results

The calculated reinforcement can be output graphically (contours, color gradient, section or numerically) or in table form. This can be selected either for individual checks or for the entire reinforcement. The checks are documented in a detailed log.

EN 1992-2 Manual

Load Model 1 (LM1)

Actions and design situations

Ständige und vorübergehende Bemessungssituation Permanent and temporary combination

Nachweisauswahl
Check selection