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.
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.
- Compression at top (Compression Stress RFs are for Service I Limit State) In the following table we list the stresses due to dead load values, midspan location at the top.
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;
- Tension at bottom (Tension Stress RFs are for Service III Limit State)
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 fR - flexural resistance
fR = allowable tensile stress - fpb
fpb = compressive stress due to effective prestress: 2.562 ksi
Allowable compression stress
Therefore, fR = -0.425 ksi - 2.562 ksi = -2.987 ksi
γL=1.00; γD=1.00;