Isarsteg Nord Near Freising, Germany
Customer Project
Isarsteg (© Oliver Jaist)
Integration of the Slim Bridge into the Natural Setting (© Oliver Jaist)
3D Model of the Supporting Structure of Isarsteg in RFEM (© Bergmeister Ingenieure GmbH)
| Client |
City of Freising, Building Division of the Municipal Administration for Road and Bridge Construction www.freising.de |
| Project Management, Structural Analysis |
Bergmeister Ingenieure GmbH www.bergmeister.it |
| Structural Design |
Arch. Christoph Mayr, J2M Architekten www.j2m-architekten.de Dr.-Ing. Josef Taferner, Bergmeister Ingenieure GmbH Dr.-Ing. Oliver Englhardt, &structures www.andstructures.com |
| Final Planning |
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Gander und Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Prighel, Bergmeister Ingenieure GmbH Prof. Antonio Capsoni, B&C Associati www.bieciassociati.it |
The bridge construction of Isarsteg as integrating artwork fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape. Taking nature as an example, the bridge overspans the Isar river like a branched limb. The ramps, stairs, columns and horizontal beams represent together the spatial framework. The pedestrian and cycle bridge, in total 525 ft long, was made of weather-resistant structural steel S355 J2G2W (corten steel).
The engineering office Bergmeister Ingenieure used the programs RFEM and SHAPE-THIN for the structural analysis of the 3D structure.
Structure
The structural design of the bridge was carried out in a sutainable manner. The slim bridge is a rigid, statically indeterminated frame structure. All components, including the foundation and the abutment, are rigidly connected to each other.
The maximum span of the bridge amounts to 180 ft and the width to 12.30 ft. The superstructure, the columns and the stairs consist of keel-shaped, torsional rigid box sections.
The bridge deck consists of a reinforced concrete flange with a thickness of 5.9 in and a concrete quality of C35/45. It is rigidly connected to the cover plate t = 0.98 in of the steel box section by welded studs. The studs have a distance of 1,64 ft in transversal direction and 1.97 ft in longitudinal direction.
The bridge has been cambered by the deformation components from the self-weight. Under maximum variable load, the structure deforms by about 4.4 in, which corresponds to l/504. The dynamic analysis resulted in a natural frequency of 1.33 Hz for the first mode shape. To ensure the user comfort, a vibration damper was arranged.
The aesthetic structure of the Isarsteg was awarded with the German Steel Construction Award in 2016 and with the second place at the Engineering Prize of the Bavarian Chamber of Engineers in 2017. Moreover, it received a nomination for the German Bridge Engineering Award in 2018.
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RFEM
Main Program
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Structural engineering software for finite element analysis (FEA) of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, members (beams), solids and contact elements
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3,540.00 USD
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Concrete Structures
Add-on Module
Design of reinforced concrete members and surfaces (plates, walls, planar structures, shells)
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810.00 USD
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Steel and Aluminium Structures
Add-on Module
Stress analysis of steel surfaces and members
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1,030.00 USD
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Dynamic Analysis
Add-on Module
Dynamic analysis of natural frequencies and mode shapes of member, surface, and solid models
Price of First License
1,030.00 USD
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RFEM
Other
Add-on Module
Stability analysis according to the eigenvalue method
Price of First License
1,030.00 USD
1,030.00 USD
RFEM
Other
Add-on Module
Consideration of construction stages during a building phase
Price of First License
850.00 USD
850.00 USD
