The LRFD bridge design examples published by the FHWA in their steel bridge desigh handbook may help.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/lrfd/fhwanhi04041_steel.pdf
Or some of the design examples from NSBA:
http://www.aisc.org/contentNSBA.aspx?id=20244
For historical shapes use the free publication from AISC found here: http://www.aisc.org/SearchTaxonomy/DesignGuides.aspx?id=4442
They also have an excell file with all of this data.
My supervising engineer has checked the calculations and does not see a fault in the methodology. He does however agree that this moment is high but can assume this is due to the newer LRFD code requirement. The old AASHTO Standard specs used a much larger distance to distribute this moment...
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I have a question about the referenced thread, in the 5th edition of LRFD bridge design, equation A13.4.3.1-1 distributes the plastic moment resistance of a single post over the width of the base plate plus the distance from the outer edge of base plate to the inner most row of...
