Need opinion for a good bridge software
Need opinion for a good bridge software
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Hi all,
My boss has told me that there's going to be quite a number bridge jobs coming in within the next few months. I'm currently doing the design manually with the help of staadpro and it's really time comsuming and tedious. So, he's asking me to source for a good software so that we can be more efficient. My defination of "good" is that the software should do both steel and PC girders design. I notice most software vendors split them into separate modules, like steel girder , prestressed concrete girder, piers, seismic analysis,..etc That means we have to buy a few modules instead of just one and that can be oftenly quite expensive. Most of our bridge jobs involve rehab and deck replace. So, to all the experience bridge engineers out there, any suggestions are welcomed.
My boss has told me that there's going to be quite a number bridge jobs coming in within the next few months. I'm currently doing the design manually with the help of staadpro and it's really time comsuming and tedious. So, he's asking me to source for a good software so that we can be more efficient. My defination of "good" is that the software should do both steel and PC girders design. I notice most software vendors split them into separate modules, like steel girder , prestressed concrete girder, piers, seismic analysis,..etc That means we have to buy a few modules instead of just one and that can be oftenly quite expensive. Most of our bridge jobs involve rehab and deck replace. So, to all the experience bridge engineers out there, any suggestions are welcomed.





RE: Need opinion for a good bridge software
Most work on rehab is done manually anyway with some computer analysis. In the case of rehab it is very important not overload the existing structure with the new - this is not something that is easily programmed and so you don't find much in the way of help on this.
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RE: Need opinion for a good bridge software
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