Substructure Help

Loads

Slab weight

Unit weight of a slab

Girder weight

Unit weight of a girder

Wearing surface weight

Linear load for wearing surface

Barrier load

Linear load for a barrier

Multiplier

A factor multiplied to current loads

Bearing load

Load acting on bearing points

Cap load

Load acting on centerline of a cap

Arm

Distance between centerline of cap and point of load

Column load

Load acting on column

Dir

Direction of column load, either in global X, Y, or Z direction

Mag 1

Magnitude of column load at starting point

y1/L

Location of column load at starting point, in terms of column length, measured from the fixity point of a column (i.e., bottom of the column)

Mag 2

Magnitude of column load at ending point

y2/L

Location of column load at ending point, in terms of column length, measured from the fixity point of a column (i.e., bottom of the column)

Angle of wind

Angle of winds acting on a bridge, measured from the normal to a bridge longitudinal direction to the wind pressure direction. Positive if anti-clockwise.

Elevation above which wind load acting

Define the elevation, above which the wind load is applied on column

Live load length

Length of live load; default value is average span length

Library load

Live load designation selected from Live Load Library

Importance classification

Used to determine the Seismic Performance Category for seismic load generation

Unit weight of superstructure

Linear superstructure unit weight

Iy of superstructure

Moment of inertia of superstructure about global Y-axis

Iz of superstructure

Moment of inertia of superstructure about global Z-axis

Span number rear to current pier

Span number at back of pier under consideration

Avg. height

Average height of all columns for pier under consideration (0 if abutment)