Precast/Prestressed Girder Help

PERMIT LOAD RATING

Permit Vehicle: Special, Single-Trip, Mix with traffic, No Speed Control

Permit Weight: 220 kips

ADTT (one direction) = 5000

After running the analysis, the undistributed maximum MLL obtained for span 1 is 2940 k.ft and VLL = 161.48 kips.

Strength II Limit State

With the selected permit load the live load factor from rating factor equation and based on Table 6-6 from the LRFR manual: γL=1.5

For a special permit use, a single-lane loaded distribution factor: DFM = 0.512569 and DFV = 0.700895 which will be divided out with 1.2 (multiple presence factor). For a routine permit, we use a multi-lane loaded distribution factor.

As was already specified in the Legal Load Rating section above, it is presumed that in our example we have minor surface deviations or depressions, therefore IM = 0.2.

M L L + I M = ( D F M ) ( 1 1.20 ) ( I + I M ) ( M L L ) = 0.512569 ( 1 1.20 ) ( 1.20 ) ( 2940 ) = 1506.95 k f t
V L L + I M = D F V ( 1 + I M ) V L L = 0.700895 ( 1 1.20 ) × 1.2 × 161.48 = 131.18 k i p s
  1. Flexural Strength (Strength II Limit State)
    R F = φ c × φ S × φ × M n γ D C × D C γ D W × D W γ L × M L L + I M = 1 × 1 × 1 × 6245.2 1.25 × 1716.7 1.5 × 162.0 1.8 × 1506.95 = 1.71
  2. Shear Strength (Strength II Limit State)
    Shear evaluation is required for Permit Load Rating:
    Dead Loads (kips) at critical section Permit
    DC Total 70.26
    DW

    Future Wearing Surface (Comp DW)

    6.81
    Also, Vn differs in critical Location and these are the values:
      Permit
    Vn 425.63
    R F = φ c × φ S × φ × M n γ D C × D C γ D W × D W γ L × M L L + I M = 1 × 1 × 1425.63 1.25 × 70.26 1.5 × 6.81 1.8 × 113.18 = 2.95

Service Limit States (Inventory and Operating Level)

These calculations are for Midspan location. Because we have total Moment greater than 0, we have compression at top and tension at bottom. For both cases we will compute the Rating Factors.

  1. Compression at top (Compression Stress RFs are for Service I Limit State)
    R F I N V = f R t o p γ D f D t o p γ L × f L L + I t o p
    In the following table we list the stresses due to dead load values, midspan location at the top.
    Dead Loads (kips) at midspan top
    DC Self-Weight 0.886
    Deck & Haunch 0.996
    Diaphragms 0.162
    Comp DC 0.039
    DW Comp DW 0.032
      Total 2.115
    And for Live Load:
    Stresses due to live loads (ksi) at midspan top
    LL+IM fLL+I 0.556

    fR - Flexural resistance at top

    fR = fpb + allowable compression stress at top

    fpb - stress due to effective prestress: -0.856 ksi

    Allowable compression stress - 0.6 x 5 = 3.00 ksi

    Therefore, fR = 3.00 ksi - (-0.856 ksi) = 3.856 ksi

    γL=1.00; γD=1.00;

    R F C O M P T O P = f R t o p γ D f D t o p γ L × f L L + L t o p = 3.856 1.00 × ( 2.115 ) 1.00 × 0.556 = 3.13

  2. Tension at bottom (Tension Stress RFs are for Service III Limit State)
    R F T E N S B O T = f R b o t γ D f D b o t γ L × f L L + L b o t

    We can have these values from File > Print Positive Envelope Stresses. In the following table we have the stresses from dead load values - Midspan location at the bottom.

    Stresses due to dead loads (ksi) at midspan bottom
    DC Self-Weight -0.748
    Deck & Haunch -0.841
    Diaphragms -0.137
    Comp DC -0.137
    DW Comp DW -0.111
      Total -1.974
    And for Live Load:
    Stresses from live loads (ksi) at midspan bottom
    LL+IM fLL+I -1.94

    fR - flexural resistance

    fR = allowable tensile stress - fpb

    fpb = compressive stress due to effective prestress: 2.562 ksi

    Allowable compression stress 0.19 × f c = 0.19 × 5.5 = 0.425 k s i

    Therefore, fR = -0.425 ksi - 2.562 ksi = -2.987 ksi

    γL=1.00; γD=1.00;

    R F I N V = f R γ D × f D γ L × ( f L L + I M ) = 2.987 1.00 × ( 1.974 ) 1.00 × 1.94 = 0.52 < 1 N G