LEAP Bridge Concrete - CONSPAN, CONBOX, RC-PIER, CONSPLICE, and GEOMATH inside OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition
LEAP Bridge Concrete is a consolidated version of LEAP Bridge Enterprise , plus all LEAP standalone products including CONSPAN, CONBOX, RC-PIER , and GEOMATH. In addition, CONSPLICE is also included as an add-on tool. The following new features have also…
Design of Post-Tensioned X-Beam/Box Beam
Some state DOTs require x/box beams without CIP concrete deck to be post-tensioned, as illustrated by the image below. The post-tensioned check box in LEAP Bridge Concrete becomes inactive when X-Beam/Box Beam is selected as the beam type. How do I get…
"Load Name Must Be Unique" Error
Hi, Dear All,
After click on "Run Analysis", the error pop-up dialogue tells "loading name must be unique". Did you come across this problem, and how do we fix it? I couldn't figure out what is causing this... Please help.
Thanks,
Dong
LEAP Bridge Concrete CONBOX Live Load Distribution Factor Manual Input
Hi, Dear All,
I have a quick question on CONBOX live load distribution factor manual input. The bridge model has a tapered deck. So I am trying to enter in the linearly varying live load distribution factor. I wonder if I have to enter the LLDF at 10th…
LEAP Bridge Concrete CONBOX "Type Of Duct" Update Bug?
Hi, Dear All,
I found a bug when I tried to update "Type of Duct" in the CONBOX model as in the attached picture. I am able to update "Type Of Duct" and the "Friction Coeff" will be updated accordingly. However, after the model is updated and saved…
Sudden drop in Vc when providing flared sections in Conbox
The bridge I'm analyzing has a flared girder and superstructure at the expansion piers.
This is the cross section I have defined for this bridge:
In order to directly obtain the area of steel required to resist direct shear; I removed the stirrups…
LEAP Conbox/Bridge Connect Concrete : Shear Calculation
LEAP Conbox/Bridge Connect Concrete : How is the area of steel (Av/S reqd)required to resist vertical shear (Vs) calculated in the Detailed Shear Report when no stirrups are provided in a PT Box Girder design?
Upgrade to LEAP Bridge Concrete!
LEAP Bridge Concrete now includes all of the individual LEAP modules that were previously sold separately (CONSPAN, CONBOX, CONSPLICE, RC-PIER, and GEOMATH.) With LEAP Bridge Concrete you can create 3D bridge models, perform analysis, design, and load…