Post Graduate Program in Bridge Design and Analysis

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Skill Lync

To learn more about bridge construction, design structure and the other analytical factors, take the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ course

Mode

Online

Duration

24 Weeks

Fees

₹ 275000

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

The ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ online course is developed and offered by Skill Lync as part of the civil engineering courses focus on building information modelling training. This skill development course is scheduled for twelve months for the students and graduates of civil engineering and structural engineering. This course study consists of seven courses and twelve projects that provide the candidates with an in-depth theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts and principles.  

The course educators are professionally qualified and guide the learners to know the scope of bridge construction in the engineering industry and enable them to analyse the factors affecting the design structure and construction of the bridge like the topography, environmental aspects, resource availability, and accessibility. This programme ensures the candidate's excellent job opportunities and salary hikes in their own work environment. The ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ classes include various privileges like career guidance, convenient payment methods, and a demo session to help the candidates enjoy a wholesome learning experience.

The highlights

  • Online mode
  • Demo session
  • Technical support
  • Flexible payment options
  • Industrial projects
  • Merit certificate
  • Course completion certificate

Program offerings

  • Recorded lectures
  • Videos
  • Demo session
  • System support engineer
  • Projects
  • Project portfolio
  • E-verified profile
  • Email support
  • Telephone support
  • Job assistance
  • Forum support
  • Merit certificate
  • Course completion certificate

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 275,000

Skill Lync offers the students of the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ online certification three kinds of payment options that have the different duration for access and other benefits.

Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis fee structure

HeadAmount
Premium FeesRs. 2,75,000
EMIs
Rs. 14,375/month
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Skill Lync

Who it is for

The Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis online training is for the civil engineers and the structural engineers in order to develop their skills and knowledge about the aspects and principles of designing bridges along with the factors influencing the process. 

Eligibility criteria

Certificate qualifying details

Skill Lync issues a merit certificate for the candidates who score among the top 5% of the class and a course completion certificate for all the participants of the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ online certification.

What you will learn

Designing skills Project management Civil engineering skills

The ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ syllabus will help the candidates learn about the design aspects of bridge construction and the various factors that influence the design. The master’s program consists of courses that provide an clear understanding of the following aspects,

  • The design loads were examined for bridges using STAAD.Pro
  • The nuances of designing foundations for bridges and elevated metro stations using STAAD.Pro
  • LUSAS is used to design Reinforced cement concrete and Prestressed concrete superstructures.
  • The process of designing bridge superstructures or piers and steel superstructures for bridges using STAAD.Pro. 
  • The ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ online training Comprehension of the seismic design and analysis of bridges using STAAD.Pro.

The syllabus

Course 1: Design Loads considered on Bridges using STAAD.Pro

Week 01 - Dead Loads
  • The unit weight of concrete
  • Mainly about steel and other materials
  • The self weight of structural elements 
  • The self weight of superimposed Dead loads
  • The application of Dead loads in STAAD.Pro
  • The load application in superstructure
  • The load application in Substructure
  • About static check of loads
Week 02 - Live Loads-1
  • The basics of Indian Road Congress (IRC) code 
  • IRC Tracked loading 
  • IRC Wheeled loading 
  • Class A and Class B Loading 
  • More about longitudinal forces 
  • More about load factors 
  • The positioning of Loads for the design of various structural elements
Week 03 - Live Loads-2
  • The basics of Indian Railway (IRS) code 
  • Broadgauge Metre Gauge train Loading 
  • Racking forces 
  • Derailment loads 
  • Frictional resistance of expansion bearings 
  • Equivalent Joint Loading 
  • Nominal Live loads 
  • Surcharge Loads 
  • Load factors
  • The positioning of Loads for the design of various structural elements
Week 04 - Earth Pressure Loads
  • Unit weight of Soil 
  • Saturated unit weight 
  • Dry unit weight
  • Porewater pressure 
  • The basics of soil report and bore hole drawing 
  • Earth Pressure diagram 
  • Various combination of Soil loads 
  • Soil load on Piers and Abutments 
  • Soil load on Foundation
  • Load factors 
  • Earth pressure at Rest Ko 
  • Active Earth pressure Ka 
  • Passive Earth pressure Kp 
  • The application of loads in STAAD.Pro 
Week 05 - Wind Loads
  • The basics of IS 875 Part III code 
  • Wind zones of India
  • Basic wind speed
  • Calculation of Factors k1, K2, K3, and k4 
  • Wind force Co-efficients 
  • Load factors 
  • Design of Wind Speed 
  • The application of Wind load- examples in STAAD.Pro
Week 06 - Seismic Load
  • The basics of Earthquake loads IS 1893 code 
  • Seismic Zones of India 
  • Load factors 
  • Zone factor 
  • The importance of factor 
  • Response reduction factor 
  • More about time period 
  • The design of seismic co-efficient 
  • The calculation of Seismic loads 
  • Hydrodynamic loads 
  • The definition of seismic load in STAAD.Pro 
  • The examples in STAAD.Pro 
Week 07 - Water Current Loads
  • The basics of water forces 
  • Velocity of river 
  • How to calculate scour depth 
  • How to calculate water current loads as per IRC 
  • More about Load factors 
  • Calculation of buoyancy  
  • Forces on submersible bridges 
  • Application of loads in sub structure 
  • Examples in STAAD.Pro
Week 08 - Centrifuge Loads and Impact Loads
  • Impact load for RC bridges 
  • Impact load for Steel bridges 
  • Impact load for Class AA and Class 70R loading 
  • Application of the loads
  • The basics of centrifugal action 
  • More about load factors 
  • Reduction or increase for ridges with and without approach slabs-calculation of centrifugal forces 
  • STAAD.Pro examples
Week 09 - Wave Loads
  • The basics of IS 4651 code 
  • The basics of waves and its effects on Load factors 
  • Calculation of wave forces 
  • Application of load in sub-structure 
  • Examples in STAAD.Pro 
Week 10 - Snow Loads
Week 11 - Temperature Loads
  • The basics of IS 875 Part V code 
  • Temperature stresses and its effects 
  • Expansion joint 
  • More about load factors 
  • Longitudinal temperature effects 
  • Temperature variation across the depth 
  • Co-efficient of thermal expansion 
  • Application of Temperature loads in STAAD.Pro 
  • STAAD.Pro examples
Week 12 - Shrinkage, Vehicle Collision and Barge Impact Loads
  • Differential Shrinkage forces on Girder slab Bridges
  • Load Combinations along with factors in Serviceability Limit
  • Serviceability Limit State (SLS) and Ultimate Limit State (ULS)

Course 2: Design of Bridge Foundations using STAAD.Pro

Week 1 - Introduction to Bridges & Foundations
  • Introduction to bridges
  • Choosing the location, type, and material of a bridge
  • Different types of bridges
  • Introduction to the etymology of bridge components affecting foundations type
  • Loads considered in the design of bridge foundations
Week 2 - Shallow Foundations
  • Types of foundations and their selection
  • General description of foundations and their categories
  • Brief description of the types of shallow foundations
Week 3 - Site Parameters
  • Site parameters and calculations involved in bridge design
  • Introduction to material strength, survey data, geotechnical parameters, hydrology, liquefaction
  • Shear failure
Week 4 - Design of Abutments in Open Foundations
  • Design of shallow/open foundation in an abutment of a bridge
  • Introduction to loadings on a bridge, stability checks involved, design parameters and their limits
  • Detailing of reinforcement steel in the foundation
Week 5 - Design of Piers in Open Foundations
  • Design of shallow/open foundation for bridge piers
  • Design parameters involved and checks for base slab design
  • Detailing of reinforcement steel in the pier footing
Week 6 - Design of Raft Foundations
  • Analysis of Raft foundation of box type vehicular underpass in STAAD.Pro and design/detailing as per limit state method
  • Application of loads, analysis, and extraction of results from STAAD.Pro and designing of the base slab of a box type structure
  • Detailing of reinforcement steel in the raft foundation
Week 7 - Deep Foundations
  • Introduction to deep foundations
  • Types of deep foundation, how to select the type, pros and cons of different types
  • Factors affecting the sizes of foundations
Week 8 - Components of Deep Foundations
  • Components of pile and well foundations
  • Introduction to different kinds of pile systems, pile caps, and as per their end fixity
  • Introduction to well steining, well curb, cutting edges, filling material of well foundations and their selection as per site
Week 9 - Site Parameters in Deep Foundations
  • Interpretation of data available from site studies
  • Introduction to the scour calculations, geotechnical studies, Liquefactions, loading from the top (vertical as well as horizontal) for the deep foundations
Week 10 - Stability Checks in Deep Foundations
  • Different stability checks in the design of deep foundations and caps
  • Stability checks involved in the pile and well foundations and their impact on the size or number of piles/diameter of well
  • Characteristics of piles and the steps for design & installation
Week 11 - Design of Pile Foundations
  • Design of Pile foundation and its detailing by limit state method
  • Introduction to the fixing of the length of piles, design as per limit state method and detailing
  • Pile cap design
Week 12 - Design of Well Foundations
  • Design of well foundation and its detailing by limit state method
  • Introduction to the design of well foundation as per limit state method and detailing
  • RC details of well curb & cutting edge

Course 3: Design of Elevated Metro Viaducts using STAAD.Pro

Week 01- Introduction and Planning of Metro Viaducts
  • An introductory lecture on the present and future prospects of metro projects in India
  • Discussion on elevated and underground metro projects.
  • Design Basis Report
  • Planning of the metro viaduct
  • Challenges faced in design and at construction sites
  • Proposed solutions
Week 02 -Overview of Structural Components
  • An overview of all the structural components of the bridge – both the superstructure and the substructure.
Week 03 - Design of Prestressed Open Web Structures (Superstructure)
  • Design of Superstructure Components-Prestressed open web structures such as U-girders
  • Longitudinal analysis of prestressed open web structures such as U girders
  • Transverse analysis of prestressed open web structures such as U girders
Week 04 - Design of Prestressed I-Girders (Superstructure)
  • Design of superstructure components-prestressed I-girders
  • Longitudinal analysis of prestressed I-girders
Week 05 - Design of Prestressed I-Girders (Superstructure)
  • Transverse analysis of prestressed I-girders and design of slabs
  • Design of cross girders/diaphragms
Week 06 - Design of Bearings (Superstructure)
  • Design of superstructure component - bearings
Week 07 - Design of Prestressed Pier Caps (Substructure)
  • Design of substructure component – prestressed pier cap
  • Longitudinal analysis and design of prestressed pier caps
  • Comparison of RCC vs PSC
Week 08 - Design of RCC Pier Caps (Substructure)
  • Design of substructure component-  RCC pier cap
Week 09 - Design of Pier (Substructure)
  • Design of substructure component - RCC pier
Week 10 - Design of Pile Cap
  • Design of pile cap
Week 11 - Design of Pile Foundation
  • Design of pile foundation
Week 12 - Design of Open Foundation & Design of Well Foundation
  • Design of open foundation
  • Design of well foundation

Course 4: Design of Bridge Substructures / Piers using STAAD.Pro

Week 01 - Understanding the Bridges, Codes, Loads, Load Combinations, and Bearings & Articulation
  • The classification of bridges, their significance, the construction and collapse of bridges
  • Code used for bridge analysis and desgn 
  • Loads acting on a bridge and their corresponding codal provisions.
  • Load combinations as per IRS and IRC codes (e.g., DL, LL, etc.) into the design.
  • Different types of bearings are commonly used in bridges
  • The concept of codal provisions pertaining to bearings
  • Bearings influence in the substructure's behaviour (fixed or free)
Week 02 - Different Types of Substructures
  • Abutments
    • Wall type
    • Spill through
    • Abutment Pier
    • Retaining walls
  • Different types of piers and their design considerations
Week 03 - Introduction to STAAD.Pro and Modeling of Simple Structures
  • Modelling and analysing simple structures in STAAD.Pro
  • Frames & Trusses (Geometric modelling, defining elements, and properties).
Week 04 - Pier Caps- RCC and PSC
  • Different types and concepts of pier cap design
  • Pier cap major function and load transfer mechanism.
Week 05 - Corbels
  • Corbels behavior
  • Corbels analysis
  • Corbels design guidelines.
Week 06 - Modeling of Bridge
  • The realistic data of our bridge and other data required for design
  • Modelling of superstructure and substructure of bridges and defining boundary conditions in STAAD.Pro software
Week 07 - Applying various Loads and Load Combinations of Bridge
  • Various loads applied to the bridge
  • Possible load combinations generated in STAAD.Pro
Week 08 - Analysis, Results Interpretation in STAAD.Pro and Summarizing the Results
  • Analysing a bridge and interpreting the results for various elements
  • Summarising the results (forces) and arrive at the worst possible effect on our substructure
Week 09 - Capacity check using Autodesk Structural Bridge Design (ASBD) Software
  • Modelling of substructure/ section in software (Autodesk Structural Bridge Design) and define sections, properties, worst load effect, analyse and check design in the software.
Week 10 - RC Detailing
  • Code clauses
  • RC Detailing
    • Flexural reinforcement
    • Shear reinforcement
    • Crackwidth
    • Ductile detailing for Seismic resistance
    • Anchorage length
    • Splicing (lap lengths)
    • Bundled high strength deformed bars
Week 11 - Conclusion and Further Studies
  • Retaining walls
  • Culverts and its types 

Course 5: Design of Steel Superstructure for Bridges using STAAD.Pro

Week 01 - Conceptual design
  • Fixing the type of superstructure 
  • Fixing span & alignment
  • Impact of lateral spacing of girders/trusses
Week 02 - Loadings
  • Permanent loads acting on a bridge
    • Dead loads & superimposed dead loads
    • Variable loads - vehicle loads, wind, braking, acceleration, impact factor, centrifugal force, etc.
  • Load Combinations & Envelopes
Week 03 - Analysis of bridges I
  • Running loads & Influence lines
  • Meter Strip Analysis
  • Grillage models
  • Line and Shell Finite Element Model
Week 04 - Analysis of bridges II
  • Complete Shell Models
  • Load distribution on Girders
  • Optimizing analysis effort by Longitudinal & Transverse Analysis Models
  • Influence surfaces in FEA software
Week 05 - Construction stages
  • Girder Launching
  • Lifting Analysis
  • Staged Construction and their effects on Analysis and Design
Week 06 -Truss bridge design I
  • Fixing of Truss Dimensions
  • Bolted connections and Welded connections
  • Tension member design
  • Compression member design
Week 07 - Truss bridge design II
  • Design of Battened Members
  • Transverse Stability by Bracings
  • Beam element design
  • Global buckling mode checks
Week 08 - Plate girder bridges I
  • Sizing of Flanges
  • Sizing of Webs
Week 09 - Plate girder bridges II
  • End Panel Design
  • Longitudinal and Transverse Stiffener requirement
  • Welded/bolted Splices
Week 10 - Steel composite bridges
  • Advantages/disadvantages of Composite Girders Over Plate Girders
  • Conversion of Concrete to equivalent Steel and Composite section properties
  • Shear Connectors Design
  • Longitudinal Shear & Axial forces in Concrete
  • Forces induced in Steel due to Creep, Shrinkage and Temperature effects in Concrete
Week 11 - Other bridge elements
  • Steel Trestles, Staircase, etc.
  • Steel Concrete Joints
  • Bearings
  • Roofing/Steel Plate Decks.
  • Fatigue
Week 12 - Advances and future trends
  • Wind Load Effects on Bridges
  • Parametric Design Introduction
  • Computational MModelling

Admission details

The course admission to the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ course is done by registering through the Skill Lync website

Step 1: Go to the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ course page on the official website of Skill Lync using the following link

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How it helps

The ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ certification qualifies the candidates to improve their civil engineering skills and designing skills to excel in the engineering industry. The ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ benefits include informative project experience for the students and engineers for career opportunities as structural design consultants. 

FAQs

Which online education platform offers the building information modelling course on ‘Bridge Design and Analysis’?

Skill Lync has developed the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ online course for civil engineers and structural engineering graduates.

What is the duration of the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’?

This ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ will take twelve months to complete all the included courses.

What is the eligibility criteria for this ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ training?

There is no mandatory prerequisite but the students and graduates of civil or structural engineering will benefit from the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ course.

Is the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ online certification course available for free?

No, but the course amount can be paid in flexible installments.

Will I get guidance for finding jobs after the ‘Masters Program in Bridge Design and Analysis’ course completion?

Yes, professionals in Skill Lync will equip you to land better job opportunities in the industry.

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