Question: A two - span bridge consisting of six TxDOT 5 B 2 0 prestressed box beams of 6 5 - ft long in each span

A two-span bridge consisting of six TxDOT 5B20 prestressed box beams of 65-ft long
in each span is shown below. All beams are simply supported and adjacent to one another.
Use PGSuper to design the box beams. Cross slope of the roadway is -0.02(ft/ft). Compute
the live load moment and shear distribution factors, g, according to 2020 AASHTO LRFD
Specifications and compare them with the ones calculated by PGSuper. Girder orientation is
normal to roadway (i.e., skew angle =0o ).
Report the following information from your design:
Prestressing Strands
Total No. of strands
Eccentricity @ CL (in.)
Eccentricity @ End (in.)
NO. of debonded Strands
Live Load Distribution Factor for Moment
(Strength and Service Limit States)
Interior beam:
Exterior beam:
Live Load Distribution Factor for Shear
(Strength and Service Limit States)
Interior beam:
Exterior beam:
3
You are welcome to attach any other useful information from the PGSuper design report.
However, do not exceed 10 pages.
The following information is provided:
cif =4,500 psi
cf =6,000 psi
Deck type: composite CIP overlay; thickness =5 in.; weight of overlay =23.33 psf
2-in. thick wearing surface
Span length of the beam (CL of bearing to CL of bearing)=64.083 ft.
0.5-in. diameter 270 ksi low-relaxation strands; all strands are straight.
Traffic railing: TxDOT T551, which has a weight of 382 plf.
Use b =59.75 in. to compute the distribution factor (it is a higher value and on the
conservative side

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