This tutorial takes you through a Precast/Prestressed Girder design step-by-step, by demonstrating the design of a simple-span adjacent box beam bridge, using the AASHTO LRFD design code. It also illustrates the basic features of automatic strand pattern generation.

The information for Tutorial 5 is contained in a Precast/Prestressed Girder input file called “Tutor5.csl”. As an alternative to inputting all information manually, as directed by this tutorial, you can load this file and work on only specific sections. To load this file, select Open from the menu, and select the Precast/Prestressed Girder\EXAMPLES subdirectory and select the file “Tutor5.csl.” For this tutorial, you will design beam 2.