Designing skewed, steel bridges using MDX. The diaphragm connection loads seem absurdly high. MDX assumes the diaphragm connection to the girder is fully fixed. So, as loads travel transverse to the bridge, the diaphragms transfer the loads. The LRFD version of AASHTO requires this for cases...
Designing skewed, steel bridges using MDX. The diaphragm connection loads seem absurdly high. MDX assumes the diaphragm connection to the girder is fully fixed. So, as loads travel transverse to the bridge, the diaphragms transfer the loads. The LRFD version of AASHTO requires this for cases...