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…
RCPier P-Delta Analysis increases axial forces in the column.
When running analysis with and without P-delta I noticed there is a substantial increase in the axial column force when P-delta is applied. At the node 1 the difference is about 300 kips. What could be a reason for such an increase? Any insight is appreciated…
LEAP RC-PIER P-delta effect in load combinations
When checking Show P-delta Effects in the Analysis tab, are the values shown represent values with p-delta effect? For example, are the column/shaft moments magnified with p-delta factor in these load combinations (with a "C" on the end of the LC#)? If…
RC-PIER Live Load Auto-generation verification
Does anyone have calculation verification for the live load auto-generation function in RC-PIER? Or has anyone else had problems verifying the LL output from RC-PIER?
RC Pier - EV & EH loads
I am designing an abutment using RC Pier. Under the Loads tab, I input/generate EV & EH loads. However, when I run an analysis and review the load combinations the vertical or horizontal earth loads are all "0". It appears that these loads are being applied…
Auto-generation of wind load on structure (WS) per FDOT Structures Design Guidelines (SDG) 2013
One of the new features added to the latest RC-PIER is the comprehensive auto-generation of WS loads and load combinations per the FDOT SDG 2013:
An option for WS load auto-generation is now offered under the “Loads” tab.
FDOT strength and service…
How to obtain the out-of-plane governing load case in the report of pile lateral resistance
A few RC-PIER users recently asked questions about the two analysis options in the abutment design and the related footing design reports. Here is some clarification. In abutment design, when "Cap as continuous beam" is selected for the frame analysis…
Cannot specify Lane Loads in RC-Pier
When manually inputting live loads into RC-Pier, how do you specify a lane load. According to the help.... "For manually input live loads in AASHTO LRFD, this screen behaves slightly different. When a live load case is added in LRFD mode and edited, the…