
Explore cable stayed bridge analysis and design using Midas, focusing on design concepts, dynamic motion, foundation and pylon details, damping, and practical, industry-oriented methods.
Explore the fundamentals of structural dynamics for cable-stayed bridges, including mass, stiffness, damping, and natural frequencies. Learn how equations of motion and damping ratios govern dynamic response.
Explore how damping governs bridge dynamics, linking damping ratio, natural and damped frequencies to resonance, energy dissipation, and dynamic amplification through mode shapes and forced response.
Learn to apply IRC codes to bridges design, focusing on shear reinforcement via the variable angle truss method, strut-and-tie concepts, and direct versus indirect support with inclined and vertical stirrups.
Learn to calculate IRC-based loads for cable-stayed bridges, including class 70 R and class A live loads, special vehicles, loading combinations, and related impact, braking, and temperature effects.
Analyze wind loading on cable stayed bridges using gust factors, drag coefficients, and plain terrain considerations per IRC 2017 to convert dynamic wind into static design loads.
Learn the basics of modeling a cable-stayed bridge in MIDAS Civil, including node and element creation, material and section properties, and pylon deck and cable layouts.
Model a cable stayed bridge in MIDAS by creating 3D nodes and deck/pylon tapering; mirror halves and apply rigid and elastic links with simplified soil springs.
Learn to model a cable stayed bridge in detail, applying constraints and boundary conditions, calculating cable forces via pretension and unknown load factor, and controlling deflection with staged loading.
Extract and finalize cable forces for a cable-stayed bridge by applying deflection limits, pretension loads, and factors in Midas, ensuring capacity and symmetry while adjusting loads.
Explore the application of live, dead, wind, earthquake, and temperature loads on a cable-stayed bridge, focusing on load combinations, eccentricities, and longitudinal and transverse load effects for design.
Learn to formulate and apply wind, live load, temperature, and earthquake load combinations for cable-stayed bridge analysis, using envelope and add-subtract rules, and implement them in modeling software.
Learn to design a cable-stayed bridge pylon for seismic loads, covering plastic hinge zones, confinement reinforcement, and capacity design for the lower pylon.
Explore seismic design concepts for cable-stayed bridges, including plastic hinges, pushover analysis, capacity design, confinement reinforcement, and ductility through transverse reinforcement.
Explain plastic hinges in bridge design, including how confinement reinforcement enables rotation, how plastic hinge length depends on axial load and reinforcement geometry, and how hinges dissipate seismic energy.
Learn how designers approach well cap design for deep members using the strut-and-tie method, color conventions, and load transfer paths from pylon to foundation.
Analyze the indepth design process for strut and tie modeling in the well cap of the cable-stayed bridge. Determine reinforcement and node interfaces to ensure efficient load transfer.
Explore the design methodology for cutting edge, bell curve, and bottom plug in well foundations, detailing construction sequence, reinforcement, and forces such as earth pressure and hoop tension.
Understand the basics of well foundations for bridges, including the well cap, bottom plug, cutting edge, and well curve, with insights on scour, embedded length, and open versus closed caissons.
Explore tilt and shift effects on well foundation stability, and apply code provisions to counter translation and rotation using excavation, hydraulic jacks, pulling, or struts to maintain compression stresses.
Explore pushover analysis of a cable-stayed bridge lower pylon, focusing on plastic hinge formation, hinge length calculations, and modeling in software to assess demand versus capacity.
Apply pushover analysis on the lower pylon in Midas by defining permanent gravity loads including dead loads and pretension, and specify FEMA hinge properties for displacement and ductility.
Major Highlights of The Course
All lesson files included for download
Self-assessment Practice files at the end of every section
Taught by Industry working professional
Extra practice files and projects at the end of the course
You will be able to get 50% tool-based learning & 50% Real-time Experience-based learning
What is this course all about?
MIDAS Civil is a Bridge Design & Analysis software that combines powerful pre-and post-processing features with an extremely fast solver, which makes bridge modeling and analysis simple, quick, and effective.
This course is designed and delivered by industry experts who did post-graduation in structures and have industry experience. You can kickstart your Bridge design and analysis Journey, wherein we take you Step by Step with Real-Life Projects and get you up & running to design your favorite design, model, and analysis efficiently, quickly, and in the right way.
This course starts with the basics of structural dynamics, Dynamic equation of motion, Terminology, loads, and combinations such as Dead load, Live load, Impact, Wind load, Temperature, Seismic Forces, and Manual calculation of action forces (Especially Live load), etc.
Introduction to MIDAS modeling, Generation of Nodes & Elements, Assigning properties of Material and Cross-section, Application of Loads & Boundary conditions, Analysis & Extraction of Reaction forces, etc.
Various codes and applications discussed in this course for bridge design such as Live loads- Vehicles
IRC 6-2017,
IRC Class 70R Loading
IRC Class A Loading
IRC Class AA Loading
IRC Class B Loading
IRC Class SV Loading
For the benefit of learners Design Criteria, Processes, Methodology, And Well Foundation In Bridges & Stability are also discussed.
This course is a perfect hand-holding companion which guides you through various tools within MIDAS coupled with your creative knowledge you can perform connection designs, boiled welded, and base plates. Care is taken to start on a very basic level, and progress with complicated techniques.
You will learn not only theoretical, and technical knowledge but also how every tool works but also how to apply it in the right way in your Bridge designs and analysis using the MIDAS workflow. Exercise files are provided over every lecture & section so you can follow along step by step included in this course.
Real-life work examples (Cable bridge design and analysis) were included in this course so, you will be able to directly work also in any company/industry. To check the understanding level quizzes were provided at the end of every section. No matter whether you are a Beginner, Intermediate, or in an Advance level candidate this course teaches you everything and clears your doubts.
Project-oriented course
The course lessons are mostly project-oriented and most of the tools and commands are taught with their real-world applications. Each module ends with a practical question that is related to the course and students are encouraged to answer the questions before moving further.
Quizzes and Drawings for practice
To check the understanding level quizzes were provided at the end of every section. And also drawings were provided for practice purposes.
Course Instructor
Mr. Vikram Singh
Sr Bridge Design Engineer.
MTech (Structural Eng.), IIT Kanpur | AIR 743 GATE 2018 | Qualified ESE Prelims 2019
Instructor support for questions
We understand that students will have questions related to the course and it's necessary also for a healthy learning process hence we encourage students to ask their questions related to the course in the Q&A section of the course. We answer each and every question as soon as possible and so far we have answered every single course-related question from students in the Udemy Q&A section.
If you are still thinking about whether you should enroll or not then we encourage you to watch some of the preview videos and test the waters before you actually enroll in the course.