BRIDGE DESIGN SOFTWARE
BRIDGE DESIGN SOFTWARE
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I need to design a steel bridge with a Girder, Floor Beam, Stringer configuration, using LRFD design. Span lengths are 180' and 280' continuous. Are there any bridge design programs that are compatible with this type of structure?






RE: BRIDGE DESIGN SOFTWARE
However, most programs allow only for superstructure design and most incorporate LRFD into them. MDX is one and is online. PCSIMON is another and is available from AISC. These kinds of programs will assist you in designing the girders or stringers. The floorbeams you will have to design yourself. Most of the superstructure steel programs don't have the flexibility to add loads very easily for general situations. Of course, the floorbeam is very determinate and is a small task in comparison to the superstucture.
Other programs also do substructure design, for example LA-Pier by LEAP.
RE: BRIDGE DESIGN SOFTWARE
www.bridgesoftinc.com
The author is a licensed professional engineer with a lot of design experience who wrote the program from a designers perspective. Very well developed and easy to use.
RE: BRIDGE DESIGN SOFTWARE
RE: BRIDGE DESIGN SOFTWARE