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 twospan bridge consisting of six TxDOT B prestressed box beams of 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 ftft Compute
the live load moment and shear distribution factors, g according to AASHTO LRFD
Specifications and compare them with the ones calculated by PGSuper. Girder orientation is
normal to roadway ie skew angle o
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:
You are welcome to attach any other useful information from the PGSuper design report.
However, do not exceed pages.
The following information is provided:
cif psi
cf psi
Deck type: composite CIP overlay; thickness in; weight of overlay psf
in thick wearing surface
Span length of the beam CL of bearing to CL of bearing ft
in diameter ksi lowrelaxation strands; all strands are straight.
Traffic railing: TxDOT T which has a weight of plf
Use b in to compute the distribution factor it is a higher value and on the
conservative side
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