Week 10 Challenge

Aim: To calculate the snow loads on the deck and analyse the given structure in staad subjected to snow load.

Procedure :

Given

Span of the bridge = 10m

Width of Carriage way = 18m

slope of snow < 30

depth of accumulation of snow = 1.25m

unit weight of settled snow = 200 - 300 kg/m^3

Asuuming the unit weight as 300 kg/m^3

Shape coefficient for slope < 30 is 0.8

Snow load on ground = 1.25 * 30 = 37.50 KN/m^2

Snow load on bridge = 0.8 * 37.5 =30 KN/m^2

Model generation

The model is generated with the given date

The 3D view of the model generated

The vertical load of Snow

Analysis with no errors

The results of Plate stress in post processing mode