A SYSTEM FOR THE OPTIMUM DESIGN OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES: GIRDER: AUTOMATED DESIGN, VOLUME I USER'S MANUAL

A COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO OBTAIN ON A ROUTINE BASIS THE OPTIMUM DESIGN OF A CONSTANT-DEPTH, CONTINUOUS, WELDED, HIGHWAY BRIDGE, PLATE GRIDER. OPTIMIZATION CAN BE BASED ON EITHER COST OR WEIGHT AT THE CHOICE OF THE ENGINEER. THE ENGINEER CAN ALSO PREASSIGN SOME OF THE DESIGN VARIABLES IF HE SO CHOOSES. THE STEEL TYPE USED CAN ALSO BE SELECTED BY THE ENGINEER. THE GIRDER CAN BE DESIGNED WITH OR WITHOUT TRANSVERSE OR LONGITUDINAL STIFFENERS AS SELECTED BY THE DESIGNER. THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE APPROACH HAS BEEN REPORTED ELSEWHERE. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO PROVIDE A USERS GUIDE AND A MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM, GIRDER: AUTOMATED DESIGN I (GAD I), IS WRITTEN IN FORTRAN IV. IT HAS BEEN TESTED ON THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF COMPUTERS: UNIVAC 1107, UNIVAC 1108, IBM 360 MOD 50, CDC 3600, AND CDC 6600. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No 22, 114 PP, 10 FIG, 4 REF, 2 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Case Western Reserve University

  School of Engineering
  10900 Euclid Avenue
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44106
• Authors:
  • Goble, G G
  • Desantis, P V
• Publication Date: 1968-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Continuous structures; Design; Digital computers; Guides to information; Highway bridges; Longitudinal stiffeners; Maintenance; Manuals; Optimization; Plate girders; Steel; Utilization; Weldments
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language)
• Old TRIS Terms: Guides; Optimum design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208888
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1994 12:00AM