IITK-RDSO Guidelines for Seismic Design of Railway Bridges

Table C2 Seating width for standard Railway bridges (supplied by RDSO)

g

MINIMUM SEATING WIDTH REQUIREMENT FOR SLABS (PSC & RC

BALASTLESS), PSC GIRDERS & STEEL/COMPOSITE GIRDERS

SLAB/GIRDER
b
a
d

f
e

f
e

BEARINGS

PIERS

ELEVATION
(NOT TO SCALE)
d
w
w
e
g

w
a

e
g

c
f

f
w

PLAN

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a = Nominal Clear Span

b = Centres of Bearings
c = Over all length of Girder/Slab
d = Centres to Centres of Piers
e = Width of Piers at Top
f = Centres of Bearings on piers
g = Clearance between spans
w = Minimum width of seating of spans on supports
Hp = Height of Pier in meters.
L = Length in meters of Superstructure to the adjacent expansion joint
or to the end of Superstructure.
-W=300+1.5L+6Hp. for Seismic Zones II and III.
-W=500+2.5L+10Hp. for Seismic Zones IV and V.

WIDTH FROM SEISMIC

PIERS

SPAN

PIERS

A-SLABS (PSC & RC BALLASTLESS)

3050 3710 3890 3960 915 255
3660 4320 4500 4575 915 255
4570 5310 5490 5565 995 255
6100 6910 7090 7165 1065 255
9150 10900 10200 10300 1150 300
12200 13100 13300 13400 1200 300
B-PSC GIRDERS
12200 13100 13300 13400 1200 300
18300 19400 19650 19800 1500 400
24400 25600 26050 26200 1800 600
30500 31900 32450 32600 2100 700
45100 46150 46850 48150 3050 2000
C-STEEL/COMPOSITE GIRDERS
9150 10900 10200 10300 1150 300
12200 13100 13300 13400 1200 300
18300 19400 19650 19800 1500 400
24400 25600 26050 26200 1800 600
30500 31900 32450 32600 2100 700
45700 47250 47850 48150 2450 900
61000 63000 63700 64000 3000 1000
76200 78800 79600 79900 3700 1100
91500 94000 95200 95800 4300 1800
5000 1800
5500 2000

*w

(c-a)/2

76
75
75
75
100
100

420
420
460
495
525
550

378
379
381
383
388
392

629
632
634
638
646
654

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*
*
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*

100
150
150
150
60

550
675
825
975
875

392
402
411
421
444

654
670
686
702
740

100
100
150
150
150
300
300
300
600
600
700

525
550
675
825
925
1075
1350
1700
1850
2200
2400

388
392
402
411
421
444
468
492
515
539
563

646
654
670
686
702
740
780
819
858
898
937

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Note:- 1. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETRES.

2. RETROFITTING REQUIRED IN ZONE IV & V.
3. MINMUM SEATING WIDTH SHOWN IN THIS TABLE IS SUTABLE UPTO 12 HIGH PIERS.

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