ICES BRIDGE DESIGN SYSTEM ENGINEERING USER'S MANUAL FOR SIMPLE SPAN DECK AND GIRDER OPTIMIZATION AND SPAN ARRANGEMENT OPTIMIZATION

A USER'S MANUAL IS PRESENTED WHICH EXPLAINS THE USE OF TWO COMPUTER PROGRAMS. ONE PROGRAM IS AN OPTIMIZATION SCHEME FOR THE SELECTION OF SIMPLE SPAN WELDED PLATE GIRDERS BASED ON MINIMUM COST OF STEEL AND CONCRETE. THE OTHER PROGRAM IS AN OPTIMIZATION SCHEME FOR THE SELECTION OF SPAN ARRANGEMENTS. INPUTS TO THE PLATE GIRDER SELECTION PROGRAM INCLUDE NUMBER OF GIRDERS, DEPTH AND THICKNESS OF GIRDER WEB, THICKNESS OF FLANGES, ALLOWABLE STRESSES, DEFLECTIONS, AND ALL OTHER DESIGN LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN EITHER THE ASSHO BRIDGE SPECIFICATIONS OR THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SPECIFICATIONS. INPUTS TO THE SPAN ARRANGEMENT PROGRAM INCLUDE GEOMETRY ITEMS SUCH AS THE STATIONS OF THE LINES OF SUPPORT AT A REFERENCE LINE, THE ANGLES THE LINES OF SUPPORT MAKE WITH THAT REFERENCE LINE, AND THE NUMBER OF STRINGERS TO BE USED. COST ITEM INPUTS ARE THE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND CONCRETE COSTS, A LUMP SUM SUBSTRUCTURE COST, BEARING COSTS, AND A FIXED COST PER GIRDER TO SIMULATE FABRICATION COSTS. BOTH PROGRAMS PRINT OUT INTERMEDIATE AS WELL AS FINAL MINIMUM VALUES. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-1(3), R-10
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Department of Public Works

  100 Nashua Street
  Boston, MA  United States  02114

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cornell, C A
  • Latona, R
  • McGuire, R K
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridge superstructures; Bridges; Computer programs; Concrete; Costs; Deflection; Design; Fabrication; Flanges; Geometry; Manuals; Optimization; Plate girders; Stresses; Structural design; Structural steel; Systems engineering; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans; Selecting
• Old TRIS Terms: Engineering systems; Optimum design; Reference line; Simple span; Thickness design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207892
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 5 1994 12:00AM