ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We thank God Almighty for enabling us to complete this work successfully. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Ms. Dhanya Krishnan, Lecturer Civil Engineering department, AJCE for giving us her able and sincere guidance throughout the work. We are greatly indebted to Prof. Sr. Claramma Rosary, HOD of Civil Engineering department, We extent our grateful thanks to all our teachers and classmates who helped us for successful completion of this work.

ABSTRACT
The project deals with the analysis, design and estimation of box Culvert Bridge and its comparison with plate Girder Bridge. The proposed bridge is located at CH: 6/500 KM of Ramankary Edathua road. Box Culvert Bridge is of multiple span constructions. The box culvert units were designed for maximum forces determined in accordance with IRC design guidelines. Comparison of box Culvert Bridge and Plate Girder Bridge is done to determine which one is economical. Culverts are designed to meet the current and future hydraulic and transportation needs of that location. In designing the different parts of a bridge we must investigate carefully how the loads are transmitted from one member to the next. All members and all connection have the same factor of safety. Plate Girder Bridge became popular in the late 1800s when they are used in construction of railroad bridges. The plates are joined together using angles and rivets to obtain plate girder of desired size. Generally plate girder bridges are designed for IRC class A loading, so the design load is taken as class A.

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CONTENT Title I.
II. III. IV. V. VI.

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ABSTRACT CONTENT LIST OF TABLE LIST OF FIGUR LIST OF SYMBOLS

1. Introduction 2. Literature review 2.1 Selection criteria 2.2 Structure type selection 2.3 Foundation 2.4 Policy 2.5 Design objective 2.6 Location study 2.7 Durability requirement 2.8 Typical application 2.9 Anatomy of a plate girder 2.10 Detailed design of main plate girder in bridge 3. Soil exploration details 4. Analysis & design of box culvert 4.1 Basic details 4.2 Analysis of culvert I 4.3 Analysis of culvert II 4.4 Analysis of culvert III 5. Estimation of box culvert bridge
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6. Design of through type plate girder 6.1 Design of stringer 6.2 Design of cross girder 6.3 Estimation of plate girder bridge

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LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1. Minimum wall thickness 2. IRC:21-2000 PAGE 16 17 20 23 25 26 28 32 35 37 39 45 48 49 51

3. Moment distribution case I(culvert I) 4. Moment distribution case II(culvert I) 5. Top slab design (culvert I) 6. Design coefficient 7. Bottom slab design (culvert I) 8. Moment distribution case I(culvert II) 9. Moment distribution case II(culvert II) 10.Top slab design (culvert II) 11. Bottom slab design (culvert II) 12. Moment distribution case I(culvert III) 13.Moment distribution case II(culvert III) 14.Top slab design (culvert III) 15. Bottom slab design (culvert III)
16. Side wall design (culvert III)

LIST OF FIGURE FIGURE 1. Box culvert bridge 2. Plate girder bridge 3. Soil strata 4. Site plan 5. Line diagram of box culvert bridge 6. Loading & bending moment diagram case I(culvert I) 7. Loading & bending moment diagram case II(culvert I) 8. Loading & bending moment diagram case I(culvert II) 9. Loading & bending moment diagram case II(culvert II) 10.Loading & bending moment diagram case I(culvert III) 11.Loading & bending moment diagram case I(culvert III) 12.Reinforcement detail 13.Loading pattern 14.Longitudinal location of loading 15.Maximum shear force for plate girder 16.Arrangement of cross girder & stringer 17.Maximum bending moment in stringer 18.Maximum shear force in stringer 19.Maximum reaction in cross girder 20.Maximum bending moment in cross girder 21.Maximum shear force in cross girder 22.Cross girder 23.Stringer beam
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24.Plate girder LIST OF SYMBOLS Ast B b bef bw D d E F f fck h I IM Ka K l Lef MF M Mu Nu P R = area of steel = width of road = unit width = effective width of dispersion = the breadth of loading area = distribution factor = effective depth =Youngs modulus = shear force = minimum clearance = characteristic strength of concrete = height = moment of inertia = impact factor = coefficient of active earth pressure = stiffness factor =clear span =effective length of dispersion = fixed end moment = moment = ultimate moment = ultimate axial thrust = wheel load = reaction
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tw W st bt p va

= web thickness = load = stress in steel = permissible bending stress =permissible bearing stress = permissible shear stress

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