What are the thoughts on modeling stacked or "pancake" decks where the stringers sit on top of the girders:
1) Just use member offsets and have stringer frame into girder
2) Use a dummy column with moment releases on one end so torsion of girder does not contribute to bending resistance of stringer
Obviously #1 is easiest to model, but is it accurate?
pong
1) Just use member offsets and have stringer frame into girder
2) Use a dummy column with moment releases on one end so torsion of girder does not contribute to bending resistance of stringer
Obviously #1 is easiest to model, but is it accurate?
pong
