CCE 59700 – Introduction to the Design of Steel Railway Bridges
Credits and contact hours
3 credits
Lecture that meets 1 time per week for 150 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
The course is also offered on-line
Specific course information
Catalog description: History of railway bridge engineering; materials; planning and geometric considerations; live loads for railway bridges; analysis of railway bridges; design of tension, flexural, and compression members; bolted and riveted joints; fatigue and fracture, redundancy considerations.
Prerequisites: CCE 470 (Undergraduate Steel Design) or equivalent
Course status: Technical Elective
Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
Be familiar with the design philosophy associated with Allowable Stress Design as related to steel railway bridges;
Understand the difference between various limit states affecting steel members in railway bridges;
Design simple tension members;
Design simple welded and bolted connections and gusset plate;
Design compression members;
Have a basic understanding associated with the design and analysis of railway structures;
Understand stitch and sealing requirements in built-up compression and tension members
Understand Cooper and alternate live load models used in railway bridge design.
Be familiar with basic features of the design and construction of railway bridges and how they differ from highway bridges.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
Outcome 1: an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
Outcome 7: an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Outcome 2: an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
Topics
REVIEW OF BASIC STEEL MAKING, RIVETS, FASTENERS, AND WELDING
Steel production, alloys, material properties, historical rivet strength, materials used in high- strength bolts, Design Philosophies
TENSION MEMBER DESIGN
Fracture, yielding, effective net section, block shear, fatigue
DESIGN OF BOLTED CONNECTIONS
Bearing connections, slip critical connections, force transfer through bolted joints
