Design Results Screen
The Design Results screen allows you to view, print, or save (in text, Microsoft® RichText® or Microsoft® Excel® formats) design results after running an analysis. To open this screen, click the Design Results button located on the Design tab. Right-click in the text or graphic view to display a pop-up menu that allows you to print or save the view. You can also copy the contents to the Clipboard. You may double-click the graphic view to expand it into a full screen. Design results are available in text reports and in XY graphs.
The responses displayed in the Design Results screen are applicable to either a full bridge width section analysis or an individual girder analysis, depending on the selection made in the Girder drop-down list on the Loads/Analysis tab. You can display the results for any one of the two analysis/design cases: Initial and Final.
Design results are given for POIs, which CIP RC/PT Girder automatically locates and adds to the analysis. POIs are generated for the beginning and end of the bridge, left and right of supports, left and right of span hinges, and at span 10th points. You may also add POIs to the analysis and control the display of program generated POIs in the test reports by using the Model Points-Of-Interest dialog box. CIP RC/PT Girder will add finite element node points at user-defined check points in order to obtain results; interpolation is not used.
Viewing Design Results in Text or Graphic Format
CIP RC/PT Girder allows you to display the design results in either a text or graphic format. You may double-click the graphic view to expand it into a full-screen viewer.
Viewing Results by Analysis Case
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Initial | The analysis/design case before losses. |
| Final | The analysis/design case after losses. |
| Initial and Final | The analysis/design case after losses and without longitudinal sway. |
Viewing Results by Response Type
To view the design results for the stresses, capacities, etc., select it from the Response Type drop-down list.
Technical Discussion
The Design Results screen (displayed after pressing the Design Results button) is used to display design responses for service and strength type combinations. Design results will not be available unless you have defined at least one combination.
Design results are based on the type of combination. For example, if you define only service-type combinations, then section capacities will not be available. In addition, some design results are based on having a certain type of combination at a certain analysis/design case. For example, the design of minimum Pjack requires a service combination at the Initial and Final cases, and the minimum initial concrete compressive strength requires a service combination in the Initial case.
Making any change to the structure or loadings after closing the Design Results screen will invalidate the results and result in a new analysis when pressing the Run Analysis button or the Run Analysis option from the View menu. A re-analysis will not occur if the structure and loads have not changed.