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Bridge across the Schorgast Valley – design process for an exciting cable‐stayed bridge
Author(s) -
Schäpertöns Bernhard,
Schäfer Daniel,
Näßl Andreas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
steel construction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1867-0539
pISSN - 1867-0520
DOI - 10.1002/stco.201900026
Subject(s) - substructure , bridge (graph theory) , structural engineering , engineering , torsion (gastropod) , girder , civil engineering , medicine , surgery
Kurita‐Albrecht Best Technical Paper Award – Steel at 12th Japan German Bridge Symposium, September 2018 in Munich The bridge across the Schorgast Valley is based on a competition‐winning design. It comprises an overhead structure consisting of six pylons each with 10 stay cables and a slender composite cross‐section with a torsion‐resistant steel box as the bridge superstructure. The jury concluded that the competition submission was a self‐assured accomplishment integrating harmoniously into the sensitive landscape of the Schorgast Valley. The substructure solution shows great transparency, emphasizing the significance of the superstructure. All in all, the design is a convincing contribution to the region's building culture characterized by innovative spirit and creative power. The structural analysis of the cross‐girders and the supporting frame structures is explained in this article. To this end, the section forces from the global model were applied to a local finite element model.