Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: If the user is working on an adjacent box beam design with a 6%…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: Does Leap Conspan considers centrifugal force and apply distribution…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: How can the user input new AASHTO live load HL93 which is a combination…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: Is it possible to apply live load as point load in Conspan? ANSWER…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: User wants to use LRFD format while applying AREMA-E80(T) loading…

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Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: How does CONSPAN calculate the tenth points? For ex: User is unable…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: Are permit vehicles (PV) used in calculation of moments in the negative…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: Camber and Deflection - Is the Diaphragm load considered as part of the…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: Why is that the program is checking stresses at top of the topping…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: If there are four lanes in total – two travelling in one direction…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: Does Conspan calculates the deflection for Design Tandem Live Load…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: Is the Detensioning table provided for designers or fabricators …

QUESTION: Detensioning portion of the design print out is same as the release stresses for the beams ? ANSWER: Detensioning is the process of releasing (by cutting) the strands, typically two at a time. Release stresses are the stresses after all…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: How to distribute Future wearing surface load to particular number…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: How does Conspan computes the distribution factors for skewed…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group QUESTION: Where can the user find Elastic shortening information in Conspan output…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: How Conspan is measuring the Spacing between the Girders for Flared…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: For flared girder bridges, how does the program calculates the distance…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): Precast/Prestressed Girder Module Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: How to add Custom Beam Section to Precast/Prestressed (CONSPAN) Library…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: How to change the Fy(ksi) value of the rebar from 60 ksi to 36 ksi…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: Why is that the program is showing 2 different Live load moment…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group -VM QUESTION: What does the check box "include live load deflection" do? ANSWER…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: Are the Live Load reactions in the Conspan output multiplied with Distribution Factor and Impact…

Document Information Document Type: FAQ Product(s): LEAP CONSPAN/ Precast/Prestressed Girder Version(s): All Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group - VM QUESTION: Where can the exact inflection point be found to use in determining…