Project description:
- Tamina Bridge, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- New construction of a 400 m long arch bridge over the 200 m deep Tamina Gorge with a column span of 265 m
- Location of the bridge in the Ragaz flysch
- Shallow foundation of the transoms and abutments with tie-backs
- Creating a three-dimensional FE model
- Calculation of spring stiffness
- Dimensioning of the transom foundations
- Earth static calculations for the construction stage for a total of 59 construction phases and the final stage
Commissioned service profile:
- Planning the subsoil investigation and geotechnical report
- Determining the soil parameters
- Creating a numerical model
- Calculation of spring stiffness / optimisation of the foundation
- Geotechnical consulting / earth static calculations
Client:
Leonhardt Andrä and Partner, Consulting Engineers VBI
for Civil Engineering Office St. Gallen
Performance period:
2008 to 2017