Hi, I've modeled a 5 span curved steel bridge with 4 Continuous girders. Taking a look at the Member Forces along each girder for DL and LL, I have some questions about the reported lateral moments. Dead Load: What is the Mz lat. load moment…

Hello, I am new to Leap Bridge Steel and have a few questions: 1) What method is used to determine the deflections of girders for the HL-93(Deflections per AASHTO)? I am comparing the deflections for 2 girders with the same properties and the same…

Hello, I am currently a senior in Civil Engineering and am currently working on a capstone project. The bridge to be designed is 120 ft long with a 12 degree skew and when attempting to add the skew I get a notification saying the roadway limit has been…

My colleagues and I have started recording videos and posting them to your YouTube page in the last few weeks. These 1-5 minute clips are there to assist you with day to day use of the various Bentley Bridge solutions. The CONNECT Advisor will assist…

Currently working on a two-span curved steel girder bridge using a hammerhead pier, but every time I change the maximum height of the pier cap, to something other than 5ft, the next time the model is opened that max pier cap height always reverts back…

I created a model for an 8 span, 1,750 ft curved bridge, and the analysis tab shows me that it is too large. I have reduced the number of splits to 10 but still I get a warning that the analysis may fail and in fact it goes not-responding quite soon.…

Have anyone in this forum found that the new release (V 16.02.00.01) has some serious problems changing the steel plates on your bridge? To do so one has to enter into the Member Definition. When you get into the window you will find that, besides Member…

I am working to test Leap Bridge Steel. Does Leap Steel have an example that runs through the step by step analysis and design calculations per the code for user verification and understanding? Thanks,

Hello all, The LEAP Bridge Steel (LBS) is a great tool we utilized for steel I-Girder design in our office. But it is not possible to model steel tub girders even in the latest version (v10.01.00.05). Is there any future plan to make steel tub girder…