Online Bridge Design to Eurocodes Training Course

DETAILED COURSE AGENDA

The course is structured around the following sessions. Please note that the timings may change slightly depending on the discussions on the day.

• Module 1: Basis of Design
• 08:50 Log in and audio/video check
• Session 1:
• Course Introduction and Welcome
• Course objectives and programme
• Delegate introductions
• Introduction to Eurocodes
• Background to Eurocode development
• Overview of Eurocodes and related documents
• Eurocode implementation
• Session 2:
• Key concepts in EN 1990
• About EN 1990
• Design situations
• SLS and representative values of actions
• ULS and single source principle
• Session 3: Verification using partial factors to EN 1990
• The fundamental combination
• Other ULS and SLS combinations
• Q&A allowance

Module 2: Actions

• Session 1: Analysis requirements
• Global, local and member analysis
• Lower bound theorem
• Eurocode requirements for analysis
• Modelling options
• Session 2: Actions to EN 1991
• About EN 1991
• Densities and general actions
• Snow
• Wind
• Session 3: Actions to EN 1991
• Thermal
• Execution
• Accidental
• Highway traffic load models
• Session 4: Traffic actions
• Highway traffic and load groups
• Footbridges
• Rail traffic
• Q&A allowance

Module 3: Concrete

• Session 1: Concrete: basis and materials
• About EN 1992
• Basis of concrete design
• Concrete material requirements
• Analysis requirements for concrete
• Session 2: Concrete: ULS
• ULS bending
• ULS shear 11:15
• Session 3: Concrete: SLS
• Stress limits
• Crack control
• Detailing
• Specific analysis types
• Q&A allowance

Module 4: Geotechnical Design

• Session 1: Geotechnical basis of design
• About EN 1997
• Basis of design
• Geotechnical design by calculation
• Design approaches
• Session 2: Earth pressures and foundation design
• Earth pressures
• Traffic surcharge
• Foundation design
• Session 3: Integral bridges and buried box structures
• Integral bridges
• Buried box structures
• Q&A allowance

Module 5: Steel & Composite 

• Session 1: Steel: basis and materials
• About EN 1993
• Steel material requirements
• Analysis and section classification
• Session 2: Steel: ULS and SLS
• Resistance and stability
• Lateral torsional buckling
• SLS and connections
• Fatigue
• Session 3: Composite
• About EN 1994
• Basis of design and material requirements
• Structural analysis for composite structures
• Limit state verification
• Q&A allowance

Duration: 2 1/2 Days

Cost: £995 + Vat

Online Design of Bridges to Eurocodes Training Course

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