Inside OpenBridge Designer , at the Extras Menu, in RM Bridge Analyzer , the users will find useful special functions for Loading and Stages definitions. These are additional macros for easily generating extensive input sequences or templates for standardized…

For RM Bridge, inside OpenBridge Designer, at Analyzer Analyzer/Schedule /Load Definition/Tendon Load the users will find the internal PT cable loading actions to be defined within a group of prestressing tendons defined by the selected Stress Label …

The Tendon load definitions are a series of prestressing cable stressing actions at their ends. For each side, the PT cables (Tendons) can be: PRE: prestressed, stressing; REL : releasing ; SWED/DEVL: length of wedge or development slip: These…

Traffic Evaluations use the Sup action Rules to combine all possible different loads into one final Traffic Envelope. While the Action Infl creates the unitary influence lines, the LiveL applies the Load train to these influence lines generating the Envelope…

The Loads definitions in RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer generally follow the workflow below: Select Schedule > Load Definition > Load Set to split the applied loads into logical sets of loads. Select Schedule > Load Definition > Load Case…

The Load Set Definition is used for previously grouping common load definitions for more complex analysis. This can be more advantageous than entering the load data directly in Load Case Definition because the Load Sets can be later assigned to the load…

RM Bridge can consider Variable Loads in many different ways, in time and space. For the loads to be variable either one of the options below should be selected: Var-Fac , the Variable factor is usually for Time History calculations, a corresponding…

As we know one of the greatest advantages of RM Bridge is the reuse of data from similar projects. If this is done a lot of time can be saved by using already previously checked input. But additional verifications could then be required to make sure the…

Superposition Rules are used to combine the contributions of the individual natural modes in the final Seismic result including all. As shown in the image below, in the pull-down menu, the options are: ABS - Absolute values SRSS - Square Root of Sum…

In RM Bridge Schedule \ Load Definition \ Earthquake Load users can define the input for all seismic events to be analyzed in the structure. The Loads are called by the specified number and defined by the reference Modal-File *.mod that includes the model…

In Analyzer\Structure\Load Definition\LoadTrains the Load Trains are created as a series of uniform line loads and concentrated point axle loads to be applied with the respective factors at each Traffic Lane. One basic typical input is shown in the application…

Inside Analyzer , at the Schedule Main menu, at the Load Definition section of RM Bridge Enterprise we can find the Traffic Lanes input for Traffic Definition where a Lane macro can be used to interactively create several lines of Lane Loads with just…