Comparison of Design Standards for Steel Railway Bridges

The popularity of steel bridges is increasing in the modern era because of its unmatchable advantages. Engineers are using various national codes to achieve an optimum design. Some of the Asian countries are using their own codes and also American and other country code provisions to achieve better economy and better standards. In this regard the comparison of design codes is relevant. Comparison of code provisions for design of steel bridges enables us to know which country spends more money to meet their design standards also which country imposes maximum safety standards. In this paper design of steel bridge based on Indian and European standards are done and the results are compared. This study is concentrated on the total deflection and weight of the steel girder by varying the grade of steel, panel aspect ratio, web slenderness ratio. Based on the design results, conclusions are arrived at to know the behavior of plate girder bridges when designed using Indian and European