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Bridge / Bridge plus
For steel and concrete bridge design to Eurocodes, LUSAS provides the means to carry out:
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Traffic loading to EN19912 Modelling in general
Member resistances to EN1993 Advanced elements,
2nd order analysis for EN1993/4 materials and solvers
Pedestrian dynamics to EN1990 Load types and
Thermal actions to EN199115 combinations
Combining actions to EN1990 Staged construction
Execution analysis to EN199116 modelling
Steel and Composite deck design to Eurocodes Geotechnical / Soil
structure modelling
Vehicle load optimisation, slab design, prestress and posttensioning, and concrete creep and shrinkage calculations are carried out in accordance Analysis and design
with a variety of design codes, including Eurocodes. See below for more details.
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Traffic loads to EN19912
National Annexes supported in the Vehicle Load Optimisation
Bridge LT
facility include those for the UK, Ireland, Italy and Sweden.
Nationally Determined Parameters and the appropriate LM3 Software overview
(special vehicles) for each country are included. A
"recommended values" option is also available (incorporating
Annex A vehicles). In all cases there is flexible selection of the Videos
special vehicles. Psi/alpha factors may also be modified.
Characteristic, Combination and Frequent cases can be
generated with a single analysis. Suitable defaults are set, but
the load groups to be included may be modified.
Eurocode traffic loads (including rail traffic loads) are available in
a vehicle library. These may be used in any static or dynamic
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analysis, moved over the structure in convoys, arranged to any Software products
required pattern, and readily combined with other actions. LUSAS Bridge LT
See Load types and combinations for more details. LUSAS Bridge
LUSAS Bridge Plus
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Member resistances and 2nd order analysis
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Elastic critical buckling load can be determined directly from an Click to see index
eigenvalue buckling analysis in LUSAS enabling the calculation of
member resistances to EN1993 clause 6.3. The eigenvalue buckling
analysis also enables an assessment of the importance of 2nd order Case Studies
effects, and if deemed to be important these may be obtained by
carrying out a geometrically nonlinear analysis.
LUSAS allow buckling analyses to be carried out on structures idealised
using beams, plates, shells, or solids or any combination. Material
nonlinear effects (yielding or concrete cracking) and boundary nonlinear
effects (liftoff, tensiononly members etc.) can also incorporated.
Animations, contours, diagrams and load / displacement graphs can be
viewed for selected nodes.
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Linear and nonlinear
buckling analysis
Pedestrian dynamics
Curved girder analysis
A LUSAS model that is used to determine natural frequencies for the Integral or jointless
simple criterion in EN1990 clause A2.4.3.2(2) can be easily updated to bridges
include dynamic actions. Nonlinear behaviour (such as tensioning
stiffening associated with the use of cables) can also be incorporated. Posttensioning
Concrete modelling
The LUSAS pedestrian load wizard creates the necessary moving and Interactive Modal
varyingmagnitude load, based on input such as the recommended Dynamics
Bridge class (NA to EN19912, Table NA.7). Its use:
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Simplifies and automates pedestrian load generation Interface (LPI)
Generates all loadcases to model the passage of pedestrian
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groups
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Provides results that can be printed, exported to spreadsheets, Licencing and
or graphed Networking options
Pedestrian types (walking or joging/running) control the reference load Software prices
and speed of the moving pulsating load representing the pedestrian or Documentation
pedestrian group. Both forward and reverse moving loading is possible.
Graphs of loading can be automatically created. Links page
Results can be printed and exported to spreadsheets or graphed using
standard graphing facilities to assess, for example, the acceleration or
displacement at a selected node against time.
Vehicle load optimisation in general
Country design codes currently supported by the Vehicle Load Optimisation software option include:
Australia AS51002:2004
AUSTROADS standard
Canada CAN/CSAS606
China JTG D602004 and HK
Eurocode EN19912 incorporating the National Annexes of UK, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Sweden.
Finland Highway Loading standard.
India IRC6:2000 and IRS: CBC1997
Korea Highway Loading standard.
Malaysia JKR Highway Loading standard.
Norway Highway Loading standard.
South Africa TMH7
Sweden BRO standard
Transit New Zealand Bridge Manual (SP/M/022 2nd Edition)
UK Highways Agency Departmental Standard BD21/97, BD21/01, BD37/88 and BD37/01
USA AASHTO LFD and LRFD standard
See Vehicle Load Optimisation for more details
Steel and Composite deck design
The Steel and Composite Deck Designer software option enables design checking of multiple sections on steel and composite bridge decks to the
Eurocodes, allowing otherwise timeconsuming and errorprone manual design calculations to be carried out efficiently.
Force and moment results for selected bridge deck elements are provided by LUSAS and loadcase combinations, defined within LUSAS,
are associated with design limit states and phases defined in the Steel and Composite Deck Designer.
Within the Deck Designer:
Design calculations covering ULS bending, stress, shear and interaction; SLS stress, web breathing and cracking, and fatigue checks for
main members and connectors are carried out rapidly.
Multiple sections with different properties (haunches, stiffeners, etc) can be considered.
Results, output in tabbed dialogs, visually show values that pass or fail.
Graphs and a report containing all input data and output with references to the Eurocode clauses can be easily created.
See Steel and Composite Deck Designer for more information.
Slab design
The LUSAS RC Slab Designer is for use with reinforced concrete slabs (without prestressing) that are modelled using plate or shell elements. It
enables contours and values that indicate flexural reinforcement requirements at Ultimate Limit State (ULS) to be plotted, and plots design crack
widths at Serviceability Limit State (SLS) for those design codes that support this. Codes currently supported include:
AASHTO LRFD
AS510052004
AS36002009
BS54004, BS8007 and BS8110
CAN/CSA S606
Eurocode EN199211 and EN19922
IRC: 1122011 and CBC1997
SS CP65: Part 1 and 2: 1999
Prestress and post tensioning
Tendon forces are calculated in accordance with:
AASHTO
Eurocode
China
See Load types and combinations for more information
Concrete creep and shrinkage
Concrete creep and shrinkage is calculated in accordance with:
CEBFIP Model Code 1990
Eurocode 2
Chinese model codes (creep only)
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