A COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM FOR PLANE FRAME STRUCTURES

This paper describes the recent development of a computer aided design system for plane frame structures. The basic part of the system can be generally applied for the various existing types of plane frame structures. For practical application special purpose modules have been developed that are attached to the basic system. In this paper the attention is concentrated on the system that has been built for steel bridge design. The accent is laid upon the facilities the system provides for the engineer. Computer aspects and software design problems will not be discussed. Furthermore there will be no explicit discussions on the philosophy of computer aided design techniques. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper available in the proceedings of the seminar on Bridge Analysis and Design ($15.75), held during the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, July 8-12, 1974, at the University of Warwick, England.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Kayser, T H
  • van Koetsveld, M J
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 154-173
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Wiley (John) and Sons, Incorporated
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Engineers; Information processing; Metal bridges; Software; Steel bridges; Structural design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096498
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PTRC/P/111 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM