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BS 5400-5:1979

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Steel, concrete and composite bridges Code of practice for design of composite bridges

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-05-1979

Superseded date

18-11-2005

Superseded by

BS 5400-5:2005

$623.34
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Summarise this standard

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Recommendations
1. Scope
2. References
3. Definitions and symbols
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Symbols
4. Design: general
4.1 Design philosophy
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Design loads due to shrinkage of concrete
4.1.3 Design loading effects
4.2 Material properties
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Structural steel
4.2.3 Concrete, reinforcement and prestressing steels
4.3 Limit state requirements
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Serviceability limit state
4.3.3 Ultimate limit state
5. Design and detailing of superstructure for the
    serviceability limit state
5.1 Analysis of structure
5.1.1 Distribution of bending moments and vertical
        shear forces
5.2 Analysis of sections
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Analysis
5.2.3 Effective breadth of concrete flange
5.2.4 Deck slabs forming flanges of composite beams
5.2.5 Steel section
5.2.6 Control of cracking in concrete
5.3 Longitudinal shear
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Shear connectors
5.3.3 Design of shear connection
5.4 Temperature effects and shrinkage modified by
      creep
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Temperature effects
5.4 3 Shrinkage modified by creep
5.5 Deflections
5.5.1 General
5.5.2 Calculation of deflections
6. Design and detailing of superstructure for the
    ultimate limit state
6.1 Analysis of structure
6.1.1 General
6.1.2 Deck slabs forming the flanges of composite
        beams
6.1.3 Composite action
6.1.4 Distribution of bending moments and vertical
        shear forces
6.1.5 Temperature effects and shrinkage modified by
        creep
6.2 Analysis of sections
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Definitions
6.2.3 Analysis of compact cross sections
6.2.4 Analysis of slender cross sections
6.3 Longitudinal shear
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Deck slab
6.3.3 Transverse reinforcement
6.3.4 Shear connectors
7. Composite box girders
7.1 General
7.2 Effective span
7.3 Effective breadth
7.4 Distribution of bending moments and vertical shear
      forces
7.5 Longitudinal shear
7.5.1 Spacing of shear connectors
7.5.2 Design of shear connectors
7.6 Torsion
7.7 Composite plates
8. Cased beams and filler beam construction
8.1 Scope
8.2 Limit state requirements
8.3 Analysis of structure
8.3.1 Transverse moments in filler beam decks
        (approximate method)
8.4 Analysis of sections
8.4.1 Serviceability limit state
8.4.2 Ultimate limit state
8.5 Longitudinal shear
8.5.1 Serviceability limit state
8.5.2 Ultimate limit state
8.6 Temperature and shrinkage effects
8.6.1 General
8.6.2 Longitudinal stresses and strains
8.6.3 Longitudinal shear
8.7 Control of cracking
8.7.1 General
8.7.2 Cased beams
8.7.3 Filler beams
8.8 Design and construction
9. Permanent formwork
9.1 General
9.2 Materials
9.3 Structural participation
9.4 Temporary construction loading
9.5 Design
9.5.1 General
9.5.2 Non-participating formwork
9.6 Precast concrete or composite precast concrete
      permanent formwork
9.6.1 Design
9.6.2 Welding of reinforcement
9.6.3 Interfaces
9.6.4 Cover to reinforcement
10. The use of friction grip bolts as shear connectors
    in composite beams
10.1 General
10.2 Design requirements: static loading
10.2.1 Serviceability limit state
10.2.2 Untimate limit state
10.3 Fatigue
10.4 Other considerations
11. Composite columns
11.1 General
11.1.1 Scope
11.1.2 Materials
11.1.3 Shear connection
11.1.4 Concrete contribution factor
11.1.5 Limits on slenderness
11.2 Moments and forces in columns
11.2.1 General
11.2.2 Semi-empirical design method for restrained
        composite columns
11.3 Analysis of column cross section
11.3.1 General
11.3.2 Axially loaded columns
11.3.3 Columns under uniaxial bending about the minor
        axis
11.3.4 Columns under uniaxial bending about the major
        axis restrained from failure about the minor
        axis
11.3.5 Columns under uniaxial bending about the major
        axis unrestrained against failure about the minor
        axis
11.3.6 Columns under biaxial bending
11.3.7 Ultimate strength of axially loaded concrete
        filled circular hollow sections
11.3.8 Tensile cracking of concrete
11.3.9 Design details
12. Influence of method of construction on design
12.1 Sequence of construction
12.2 Permanent formwork
13. Prestressing in composite construction
13.1 General
13.2 Methods of prestressing
13.3 Limit state requirements
13.4 Prestressing the steel beam
13.5 Stress limitations in concrete at transfer
13.6 Loss of prestress
Appendices
A. Calculation of effective breadth ratios psi
A.1 General
A.2 Equivalent simply supported spans
A.3 Point loads not at midspan
A.4 Combination of loads
B. Calculation of crack widths in composite members
B.1 General
B.2 Formula for estimating crack widths due to flexure
C. Formulae and tables for the design of composite
     columns
C.1 Coefficient K1
C.2 Coefficient K2
C.3 Coefficient K3
C.4 Ultimate moment of resistance Mu of composite
     columns
Numerous tables
Numerous figures

Augments BS 5400 Parts 3, 4 and 10 and gives recommendations for rolled and fabricated steel sections (both cased and uncased), filler beam systems, simply supported and continuous composite beams, composite columns and composite box beams, together with normal and lightweight aggregate, cast in situ and precast concrete.

Committee
B/525/10
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS CP117-2(1967) & 75/10554 DC. (08/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
56
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
UNE-EN ISO/ASTM 52908:2024 Identical

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