Prestressed Bridge

The dialog for defining the tendon group properties and entering the tendons at the desired lateral and longitudinal sections exemplifies the user friendliness of the Prestressed Concrete module.

To define the traffic loads, the positions of the tandem system and the UDL loads on the bridge are clearly described using Load Model 1. Any desired variants or lane arrangements can be defined. The carriage spacing, load distribution height, and centrifugal load of the tandem systems are automatically taken into account.

Load Model 1 and all other load cases then only need to be assigned to the corresponding actions. This automatically generates the desired action combinations.

The concluding checks according to DIN technical report provide the resulting stresses as well as the required reinforcements both graphically and in a log. Here, the resulting stresses are always shown with the permitted limits. The graphical representations of stresses from decompression or fatigue offer valuable help in evaluating the system.