A steel bridge construction would have considerably overrun the budget, which is why a more economical solution using timber was found. The engineering office of Leonhardt, Andrä and Partner (LAP) from Stuttgart, Germany, in cooperation with the Bavarian glulam manufacturer HESS TIMBER, planned the constructed multi‑span bridge made of truss girders with a triangular cross‑section. LAP also did the structural analysis.

Fast + Epp, a customer of Dlubal Software, was responsible for the structural analysis of the timber construction. They used RFEM for testing purposes with regard to the internal forces and design of the timber structure.

Structural Planning | Timber Construction
Fast + Epp GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
www.fastepp.com

Model of bridge in RFEM (© Fast + Epp GmbH)