B. E. S. T. PILOT STUDY

A PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED BRIDGE DESIGN SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED ON A BURROUGHS 5500 COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE ACRONYM B. E. S. T. STANDS FOR "BRIDGE ENGINEERING SUBSYSTEMS FOR T. I. E. S.." THIS SUBSYSTEM WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED UNDER A FORMER PROJECT CALLED TOTAL INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SYSTEM (T. I. E. S.) THE COMPUTATIONAL PART OF THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING SEVEN PROGRAMS: (1) CONTROL GEOMETRY, (2) FRAMING PLAN, (3) REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB DESIGN, (4) BEAM AND GIRDER DESIGN, (5) BRIDGE BEARING DESIGN, (6) ABUTMENT AND RETAINING WALL DESIGN, AND (7) PIER DESIGN. THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES CALCOMP DRUM PLOTTER PROGRAMS FOR PLOTTING: (1) GENERAL PLAN OF BRIDGE, (2) FRAMING PLAN, (3) TRANSVERSE SECTION, (4) BEAM AND GIRDER SCHEDULES, (5) ABUTMENT DETAILS, (6) PIER DETAILS, AND (7) SLAB BAR PLAN FOR STRAIGHT BRIDGES. THE SYSTEM ALSO CONTAINS A MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMS IN A PREDETERMINED ORDER. THE CONTROL PROGRAM USES DISK STORAGE AS A MEANS OF PASSING NEEDED DATA FROM ONE COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAM TO ANOTHER IN THE SYSTEM. THE PRESENT SYSTEM IS LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) BRIDGE OVER ONE OR TWO ROADWAYS, (2) A MAXIMUM OF FOUR SPANS, (3) A MAXIMUM OF 10 BEAMS PER BRIDGE, (4) STRUCTURE OF CONSTANT WIDTH, TANGENT, OR CIRCULAR CURVE ALIGNMENT, AND (5) SIMPLE SPANS OF COMPOSITE ROLLED BEAM OR WELDED PLATE GIRDER CONSTRUCTION. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Study No 930, BPR NO HPR-PR-1 (5)
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
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Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abutments; Bridge design; Bridge engineering; Bridge piers; Bridges; Computer programs; Framed structures; Frames; Geometric design; Information processing; Retaining walls; Slabs; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Framing; Plotting
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208027
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 17 1972 12:00AM