🔹 Introduction to next-Gen Bridge Engineering and Automation in Roads & Highway Infrastructure Projects (20 mins).
🔹 Hands-on Training on analysis and design of a curved 2-span PSC I-girder bridge with substructure as per IRC 112 (5 hours)
➤ Geometric modelling of PSC composite girder bridge and substructure using wizard.
➤ Time dependent concrete and PSC & RC section properties definition.
➤ Construction stage analysis and report generation using API/plugin.
➤ Vehicle load generation as per IRC 6 and moving load lane definition using API/plugin.
➤ Modelling of pile foundation using API/plugin and soil-structure interaction.
➤ Automated load combination as per IRC 6.
➤ Moving load analysis & identifying governing load combination from envelope results using API/plugin.
➤ Interpretation of bridge behavior by visualizing stresses, bending moments & shear force diagrams, PSC tendon losses at each construction stages and critical vehicle positions etc.
➤ PSC composite design checks and report generation as per IRC 112 for ULS and SLS.
➤ Detailed section capacity checks for pier and pile using General Section Designer (GSD).
Mr. Shahid Rabbani is Technical Support Engineer at MIDAS R&D Centre in India. He holds M.Tech in Structural Engineering from NIT Calicut with major focus on vibration analysis. Before joining MIDAS, he had 2 years of experience in the infrastructure industry in design and construction.
