Conspan LA
Conspan LA
(OP)
When modelling AASHTO box beams in LEAP Soft's Conspan LA, is there a means to model a mix of adjacent and spread box beams? For instance, I'd like to split the facia beams a few feet to accomodate utilities, and leave all the interior beams abuting each other. The analysis results from Conspan differ greatly as it seams only one live load distribution factor is permitted to be applied to all beams. Does anyone know if Conspan can apply more than one distribution factor to specified beams??
Thanks - Lee A.
Thanks - Lee A.





RE: Conspan LA
RE: Conspan LA
MikeD
RE: Conspan LA
"Thank you, for your e-mail...
When you change from spread box to adjacent box option, the only thing which changes internally is distribution factor. So if you intend to mix adjacent box and spread box then note down distribution factors for spread box and adjacent box. Enter distribution factors manually for
corresponding girders.
OR
You may do two runs. One with adjacent box and second with spread box options."