Deck design using Empirical Method and Approximate (Strip) Method. Compare required vs. provided steel.
Dead Load Wizard: makes input of common loads very simple.
Specify Negative Moment Continuity steel in deck slab. Compare required vs. provided capacities.
Copy beam strand patterns to other beams in same span or other spans.
Specify variable span lengths, precast beam lengths, bearing-to-bearing lengths, and skew angles for bridge.
Specify different beam sizes in the same span and different beam types in each span.
Retains previously designed strand patterns when changes are made to geometry, materials, or loads information.
Input loads for DC and DW on precast, composite, or supplemental. Loads can be specified as concentrated, area, or line loads. Loads can be labeled for easy reference.
Automatically compute dead loads due to self-weight of girders, deck, haunches, and supplemental.
Option to automatically run analysis without explicitly clicking on Run Analysis button.
Have the capability to allow input of dead loads on composite as linear loads, e.g., to simulate barrier loads.
Specify an unlimited number of diaphragm loads. Use the copy feature to copy diaphragm loads to all beams and/or all spans.
Analyze self-weight and dead loads assumed to act on the precast section being designed using simple beam analysis.
Analyze dead loads on composite sections using continuous analysis.
Specify pedestrian loads.
Choose whether or not to include LRFD live load deflection criteria.
Perform automatic moving load analysis on simple-span or continuous multi-span bridges.
Select specific Standard (LFD) groups for analysis and design (1, 1/1A, and 1B).
Select specific LRFD limit states for analysis and design (Service I, Service III, Strength I, Strength II and Fatigue 1).
Use refined methods of analysis (grillage models) to compute live load distribution factors.
Display distribution factors as contour graphs.
Customize LRFD factors, including dynamic load allowance, distribution, gamma, and factors.
Customize or select limiting stresses for concrete at release and final conditions.
Customize or select length multipliers for transfer and development lengths.
Easily customize variables that are automatically calculated by the program, such as live load and dead load distribution factors and dynamic load allowance impact/factors.
Automatically generate straight and draped strand patterns or manually input the pattern for analysis.
Specify transformed section properties.
Customize the maximum number of strands that can be debonded, as the maximum percentage of each row, or the total number of strands in each section.
Specify end and midspan debonding (shielding) manually or have the program compute it automatically. While using a draped/straight pattern, only the straight strands can be debonded.
Customize varying percentages of strand pull for various strand groups.
Specify or have the program compute release and final prestress losses according to the AASHTO Standard and LRFD Specifications.
Option to compute refined estimates of time-dependent losses as per LRFD Art. 5.9.5.4 with option to consider or neglect elastic gains.
Automatically design top flange tension reinforcement at release.
Check design status at critical points for release and final stresses as well as for ultimate loads and cracking load criteria.
Perform vertical, anchorage zone, and horizontal shear reinforcement design.
Auto design required vertical shear reinforcement.
Report rotations, camber and deflection computations at tenth point locations along the beam, including live load deflections.
Automatically compute deck reinforcement required for continuity.
Select among three methods whether to include restraint moments, including the PCA Method, Ref. 7.
Display and print moment, shear, and stress diagrams for either specific load cases and/or load combinations.
Optionally compute Moment Capacity by Strain Compatibility.
Program provides option to consider composite loads in Horizontal Shear computations.
Convert loading from LFD to LRFD on the fly and also apply different DF for different dead loads.
Consider the span lengths specified in Table C4.6.2.2.1-1 in the computation of LRFD load distribution factors.
Option to distribute dead load equally to all beams or based on tributary fraction.
Optionally, input Stirrup reinforcement schedules manually or use auto-design algorithms.
Store commonly used stirrup schedules and prestressed strand patterns (including debonding and pull percentages) in the library file, and reuse across projects.
Specify materials at beam level. Useful for expansion/widening projects, or for spans which have different concrete properties per span.
Specify and analyze the effect of temperature loads including uniform, gradient and multi-linear temperature gradients.
