I am interested in your thoughts regarding a connection between a 20'x60' gravity-only supported elevated platform consisting of tube steel columns, WF beams, and composite deck to a 150' span of a new bridge. The elevated platform connections are all pinned, so it does not resist lateral...
My main question is whether or not a post-tensioned transfer beam parallel to the direction of slab post-tensioning tendons should be designed as a T-Beam (using slab as flange) or Rectangular beam.
Here is an example to illustrate the question:
Let’s say I have a 180 (north-south direction)...
