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Deck slab analysis

Thread starter jiao
Start date Apr 12, 2007

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Apr 12, 2007

jiao

Structural

I am designing a composite concrete bridge deck slab supported on plate girders by FEM.

My question is:
The output shear being a contour map,design for the peak value is apparently too conservative. How much wide of a strip of the slab should I take the average for design?

Thanks