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  1. BigRy

    Batch processing with MDX 2023

    I am hoping to find someone who is familiar with MDX 2023 - in particular with batch processing. MDX had a major update some time in the recent past, going from MDXv6 to MDX Client 2023. This update involved an upgrade from the 1992-era GUI to a spiffy new 1998-era GUI. Jokes aside, there...
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    Replacing subfloor and blocking composite I-joists

    I'm a bridge engineer by profession, but I'm having a bit of an issue at my personal residence at the moment and I'm hoping to get a few questions answered. We are having carpet replaced on our second floor, and in the process the installers are screwing down the 3/4" t&g ply subfloor to...
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    AASHTO LRFD Luminaire/Sign spec vs. Standard spec

    I've been assigned as urgent task to compare the AASHTO LRFD luminaire & sign structure spec to the Standard spec 6th ed. version. I'm focusing mostly on fatigue, as that typically controls the design of sign structures. I can also avoid the load factor differences when just comparing the...
  4. BigRy

    Salary

    I'm not sure if this sort of discussion is allowed, but I am trying to figure out where I fall in the industry for salary for my level of experience and qualifications. Its a taboo topic that many don't feel comfortable discussing for obvious reasons, but it's also critical to career...
  5. BigRy

    Batch processing in MDX

    I'm working on a bridge load rating in MDX for a bridge in a new DelDOT interchange. DelDOT Bridge Design Manual directs the load rater to perform the analysis for a wide variety of design, legal, and permit trucks as well as various combinations of lane loading. This results in anywhere from...
  6. BigRy

    MDX Batch Processing List of Inputs

    This post might be better suited in a bridge-specific forum, but it is software related. I'm working on an LRFR bridge load rating for DelDOT for a newly constructed curved girder bridge. DelDOT bridge design manual requires rating new bridges for a fairly long list of trucks, and the permit...
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    Modeling Lean-On Bracing for Highly Skewed Bridges

    I am designing a 228ft. simple span bridge, with both abutments at 36° from roadway tangent / girder centerline. Intermediate bracing is colinear per state standards for bridges with this large of a skew. Two-stage construction, with 5 and 7 girder structures for stages 1 and 2, respectively...
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    Errors in NCEES practice exams

    I apologize if this is in the wrong section. I did not see a sub-forum related to the PE. I'm sitting for the PE (civil-structural) in two weeks. I've been running through NCEES official practice exams for preparation. Has anyone noticed the glaring errors in the "official" NCEES practice...
  9. BigRy

    Live Load auto-generation in RC-PIER

    I was wondering if anyone has software verification for the live load auto-gen function in RC-PIER. The office I work in at my firm says they cannot verify the LL auto-gen output, so they have been hand comping LL. Another office of ours still uses the LL auto-gen (don't know if they've...
  10. BigRy

    Modeling lateral load on girder in MDX Line Girder Analysis

    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...

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