I have modeled a bridge girder in staad and placed intermediate sections along my beam elements to obtain results at 10th points along each span. Is it possible to print a force envelope for the intermediate sections?? If so, what command is used for this in the input file??
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The bridge I’m working on has a radius on the off end to allow traffic to turn off the bridge. A kicker beam will be used at the end of the bridge to carry the additional deck required for the radius. The main fascia girder the kicker will frame into is a two span continuous steel girder and...
This does not seem to be covered in AASHTO, but I’ve seen two equations used to determine the max deflection that can be used without a horizontal curve:
1. arctan(1/design speed)
2. arctan(60/design speed^2)
What is the appropriate criteria & reference to use for this situation?
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I am working on a rail bridge bearing replacement project and will be attaching new steel sole plates to the existing 1890’s riveted steel plate girders as part of the work. I plan to attach using countersunk high strength bolts since the sloe plate will sit on new electrometric bearings...
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Below are a few articles with photos of a bridge collapse near Pittsburg, PA. The bridge is an adjacent concrete box beam bridge carrying a local road over I-70. From the photos it looks like one of the fascia beams carrying the railing failed at midspan and collapsed. Luckily, the beam...
I’m working on the design of a single span adjacent prestressed concrete box beam bridge with a composite concrete topping/deck and I’d like to know if there are any procedures to calculate the amount of transverse and horizontal reinforcement needed in the topping. Or do you just provide...
