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  • Leap Steel Shear Stud Fatigue Failure

    I have a model where the "Shear Connector" Report is showing that the pitch that was inputted for strength and fatigue works per AASHTO. However, when you look at the "Under Design Summary" it is saying the studs fail in fatigue; Take a look at POI 333…
  • LEAP Bridge Steel version 22.00.02.19 - decimal requirement issues

    In Leap Bridge Steel, I have a curved bridge, so the girder lengths are not integer values. Under the Member Definition tab I'm unable to manually input flange plate lengths to a sufficient decimal in order to be able to run analysis (see below for the…
  • Calculating PNA of curved tub-girders for Eq. 6.10.7.3-1 in LEAP Bridge Steel version 22.00.02.19

    Hi, In the article below it mentions that the issue where "Distance from top of concrete deck to the neutral axis of the composite section at the plastic moment was incorrectly calculated." is fixed. However, I'm still running into this problem when…
  • Steel tub-girders with varying spacing in LEAP Bridge Steel Connect

    In LEAP Bridge Steel when modeling twin tub-girders, is it possible to define custom beam paths? For a bridge deck with varying width along a 3-span unit, I need to define each tub-girder at an offset from the edges of the deck, which should result in…
  • Leap Steel Live Load Reaction Report Different From Shear Diagram

    Hello, I'm trying to get the live load reaction for a 3 span continuous span bridge and noticed the live load reaction values from the report is different from the static analysis diagram. The support reaction report and lane loading details report…
  • LEAP Steel Cross-Frame report

    I have a curved steel girder bridge that has been modeled in LEAP Steel. The model successfully designs cross-frames and will show tensile/compressive forces in the design runs. However, when trying to create an Analysis report, for both Dead Load and…
  • Warning - Negative or 0.0ft beam spacings

    Can anyone help me with this error? I have defined spacing of beam w/o any -ve or zero entity but this error keeps on popping out.
  • LEAP Steel Bridge

    Where can I find support number for LEAP Steel Bridge Connect?