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HPS 70W Costs
Any information on what these steel grades would cost in Arizona?- maek
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- Forum: Bridge engineering
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Bridge Design Help
Gatorboy, Other things to consider: Make you sure you have the jurisdictional limits of that wash that you have in order to avoid a 404 Permit (getting Corps involved). You don't want to encroach that if you can help it. It might be on your property, but I'm not sure how much weight that...- maek
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- Forum: Bridge engineering
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Wasted Deck Concept
That would be quite conservative. The way that the girders are configured right now would allow 8 axles from multiple lanes to simultaneously influence as single girder. Right now, I am trying to model it as a "new truck" with point loads per the level rule and axle spacing according to how...- maek
- Post #3
- Forum: Bridge engineering
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Wasted Deck Concept
I am looking at a rather unusual bridge configuration. The girders are being skewed in a manner to decrease the span over a crossing. What you get is a bridge where the girders are skewed approximately 45 degrees with respect to LIVE LOAD TRAFFIC. The superstructure deck, therefore, is...- maek
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