Calculation and design of a railway bridge section of metallic structure in El Vigía, Mérida state

Abstract

This paper refers to the design and calculation of a 30,00 m section of metal beam, for a proposed railway bridge in the city of El Vigía, capital of the Alberto Adriani Municipality of Mérida State, Venezuela. The location of the bridge corresponds approximately to a route proposed by the State Railway Institute, Maracaibo Lake Route, in the National Railway Plan. The calculation hypothesis was made using simply supported beams, however the CSI Bridge 2017 calculation tool was used. The design of the beam section was carried out using the

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