Freischütz Pedestrian Bridge, Germany
Customer Project
The existing Freischütz pedestrian and cyclist bridge was renewed as part of the 4-lane widening of federal highway 236 between Dortmund/Schwerte and the Schwerte motorway junction of the Autobahn 1 highway.
Investor |
DEGES |
Structural Analysis and Design, Execution Planning |
VIC Planen und Beraten GmbH |
Model Data
Model
The Dlubal customer Verkehrs- und Ingenieurbau Consult GmbH (VIC) was responsible for the structural analysis and execution planning of the bridge. For the structural analysis, the FEA software RFEM and the cross-section properties software SHAPE‑THIN were used.
Structure and Design
The Freischütz pedestrian and cyclist bridge is basically a Vierendeel truss with a curved floor plan, which is the transom of an integral frame structure. In RFEM, VIC modeled the main supporting structure of the steel bridge with members made of hollow box sections, as well as modeling the foundations with elements made of solid concrete. The span of the bridge is approx. 111.5 ft. Pedestrian loads and the loading from a special vehicle had to be applied as the traffic load.
In addition to the structural analysis according to RE‑ING 2‑5, Difficulty Class 3, the vibration behavior of the bridge was also analyzed. The dynamic analysis result proved that normal pedestrian traffic can only excite the structure to low levels of vibration, which do not affect its serviceability.
Project Location
B236 - Freischütz58239 Schwerte
Keywords
Bridge Pedestrian Steel Curved Vierendeel Truss
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