Eurocodigo Diseño De Puentes Seccion Compuesta

Sétra

service d'Études
techniques
des routes
et autoroutes

Guidance book

Eurocodes 3 and 4
Application to steel-concrete composite road bridges

july 2007

The Technical Department for Transport, Roads and Bridges Engineering and Road Safety (Service d'études
techniques des routes et autoroutes - Sétra) is a technical department within the Ministry of Transport andInfrastructure. Its field of activities is the road, the transportation and the engineering structures.

The Sétra supports the public owner
The Sétra supplies State agencies and local communities (counties, large cities and urban communities) with
informations, methodologies and tools suited to the specificities of the networks in order to:
• improve the projects quality;
• help with the assetmanagement;
• define, apply and evaluate the public policies;
• guarantee the coherence of the road network and state of the art;
• put forward the public interests, in particular within the framework of European standardization;
• bring an expertise on complex projects.

The Sétra, producer of the state of the art
Within a very large scale, beyond the road and engineering structures, in the fieldof transport, intermodality,
sustainable development, the Sétra:
• takes into account the needs of project owners and prime contractors, managers and operators;
• fosters the exchanges of experience;
• evaluates technical progress and the scientific results;
• develops knowledge and good practices through technical guides, softwares;
• contributes to the training and information of thetechnical community.

The Sétra, a work in partnership
• The Sétra associates all the players of the French road community to its action: operational services; research
organizations; Scientific and Technical Network (Réseau Scientifique et Technique de l'Equipement – RST), in
particular the Public Works Regional Engineering Offices (Centres d'études techniques de l'Equipement –
CETE), companiesand professional organizations; motorway concessionary operators; other organizations such
as French Rail Network Company (Réseau Ferré de France – RFF) and French Waterways Network (Voies
Navigables de France - VNF); Departments like the department for Ecology and Sustainable Development…
• The Sétra regularly exchanges its experience and projects with its foreign counterparts, throughbilateral cooperations, presentations in conferences and congresses, by welcoming delegations, through missions and
expertises in other countries. It takes part in the European standardization commissions and many authorities and
international working groups. The Sétra is an organization for technical approval, as an EOTA member
(European Organisation for Technical Approvals).

Guidance bookEurocodes 3 and 4
Application to steel-concrete composite road bridges

This document is the translation of the work "Eurocodes 3
e t 4 - Application aux ponts-routes mixtes acier-béton"
p ublished in july 2007 under the reference 0720.

This guidance book has been written by Laurence DAVAINE, Florent IMBERTY and Joël RAOUL
(SETRA/CTOA, TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR HIGHWAYS & MOTORWAYS, FRANCE)assisted by:
Eric CHASCO, SETRA/CTOA, then South West CETE (TECHNICAL ENGINEERING CENTRE
INFRASTRUCTURE)
Eric Gogny, CTICM (INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR STEELWORK)
Bernard PREVOST, East CETE
Jacques RESPLENDINO, CETE of Lyon
Patrice SCHMITT, SETRA/ CTOA then SNCF (NATIONAL RAILWAYS ADMINISTRATION, FRANCE)
Ferry TAVAKOLI, CETE of Lyon
The figures have been created by Philippe JULLIEN,SETRA/CTOA.

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Calculation of steel-concrete composite road bridges under Eurocodes

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Contents
Part I: Introduction
1 - Purpose of the guide
2 - Eurocodes used

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Part II: Composite two-girder bridge
1 - Introduction
2 - General design data

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2.1 - Traffic related data
2.2 - Environmental data

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3 - Description of the deck - Construction
3.1 -...