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Modeling lateral load on girder in MDX Line Girder Analysis

Modeling lateral load on girder in MDX Line Girder Analysis

Modeling lateral load on girder in MDX Line Girder Analysis

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I'm working on a bridge design that has a noise barrier mounted to one of the parapets. Wind on the noise barrier will produce a considerable load on the fascia girder, so we need to design for it. Due to issues with MDX transferring load through the lateral bracing in girder system analyses, my firm will only use MDX line girder analyses since they can confirm the results with computations. I was under the impression that MDX had the ability to apply an eccentric load to line girders, so I planned on modeling the wind load as an eccentric load and apply load factors in the wind load computation. I'm not seeing the data input in the MDX glossary. Is there a way for me to model this wind load?

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