User's Manual

User's Manual
Author: Kenneth R. White
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1985
Genre: Continuous bridges
ISBN:

Microcomputer Program for Bridge Analysis

Microcomputer Program for Bridge Analysis
Author: Kenneth R. White
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1989
Genre: Continuous bridges
ISBN:

"This manual provides information on the use of the Microcomputer Program for Bridge Analysis and Rating contained on two floppy disks. A third disk contains the Fortran source. The program was converted to MS/DOT 77 Fortran from UCSD p-Fortran originally written. This program can be operated on an IBM PC/XT, AT, or compatibles. This computer program is used to analyze and rate up to a three-span continuous bridge of a variety of structural types under dead load and AASHTO H, or HS live loading. This program can also accept a nonstandard truck of up to four axles"--Technical report documentation p.

Bridges

Bridges
Author: Baidar Bakht
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2015-10-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319178431

This book offers a valuable guide for practicing bridge engineers and graduate students in structural engineering; its main purpose is to present the latest concepts in bridge engineering in fairly easy-to-follow terms. The book provides details of easy-to-use computer programs for: · Analysing slab-on-girder bridges for live load distribution. · Analysing slab and other solid bridge components for live load distribution. · Analysing and designing concrete deck slab overhangs of girder bridges under vehicular loads. · Determining the failure loads of concrete deck slabs of girder bridges under concentrated wheel loads. In addition, the book includes extensive chapters dealing with the design of wood bridges and soil-steel bridges. Further, a unique chapter on structural health monitoring (SHM) will help bridge engineers determine the actual load carrying capacities of bridges, as opposed to their perceived analytical capacities. The chapter addressing structures made with fibre-reinforced polymers will allow engineers to design highly durable, economical and sustainable structures. This chapter also provides guidance on rehabilitating deteriorated structures with these new materials. The book also deals with the philosophy of bridge design without resorting to complex equations. Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://extras.springer.com

Grillage Analogy in Bridge Deck Analysis

Grillage Analogy in Bridge Deck Analysis
Author: C. S. Surana
Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9788173191534

This book deals with the well established computer-aided method of grillage analogy as applied to analysis of bridge decks. The method, applicable to various types of bridge decks (such as slab bridges, T-beam bridges and box-girder bridges), can handle rigid or flexible support conditions, and right, skew or curved plan layouts.The procedure and recommendations for idealising the actual bridge decks and loadings into mathematical models are discussed. Two programs, given in ready-to-use form, along with descriptions of various subroutines, can analyse a variety of bridge decks accurately and obtain all the responses required in the design. Their uses are explained through worked-out examples. These programs, along with input-data and exhaustive output results of all the worked-out examples, are also available on a diskette and can be ordered seperately from the authors through the publisher. This will help those who do not want to type programs from the book and run into possible risk of errors.The book will be useful for the students, researchers, teachers, designers and consultants engaged in analysing, designing, vetting, tendering or constructing bridges.

Applications of Microcomputers in Bridge Design

Applications of Microcomputers in Bridge Design
Author: Ronald A. Love
Publisher:
Total Pages: 29
Release: 1986
Genre: Bridges
ISBN:

The utilization of microcomputers in bridge design activities in state transportation departments was evaluated through contacts with 32 state agencies. While the present utilization of microcomputers was found to be limited, subsequent research showed the current generation of 16-bit machines to offer significant advantages in complementing existing computing facilities in a manner that fully utilizes the power of both mainframe and microcomputer. The ability of microcomputers to run large bridge design applications in a stand-alone mode was demonstrated by successfully downloading and converting 4 mainframe programs. Running design and analysis programs in a stand-alone mode frees the mainframe CPU and increases access to software which can be run repetitively without mainframe cost considerations. When access to larger applications on the mainframe are required, the microcomputer used as an intelligent terminal can process input data locally and send it to the mainframe for processing. Output data, in return, can be downloaded to the microcomputer and reviewed off-line or input into microcomputer applications such as spreadsheets or graphics packages for further processing.