TUTORIAL 4.

ARCH BRIDGE
Summary 1
Analysis Model and Load Cases / 2

File Opening and Preferences Setting 5

Enter Material and Section Properties 7
Structural Modeling Using Nodes and Elements 10
Generate the Arch Ribs / 10
Generate the Hangers / 11
Generate the Main Girder and Duplicate the Arch Frame / 14
Generate the Cross Beams / 16
Generate the Bracings / 17

Enter Structure Boundary Conditions 22

Boundary Conditions for Beam End Connections / 24 Generate
the Cross Beam Group / 25

Enter Moving Traffic Loads and Static Loads 27

Enter Load Cases / 27 Define Static
Loads / 28 Define Moving Traffic
Loads / 30

Perform Structural Analysis 36

Verify and Interpret Analysis Results 36

Load Combinations / 36
Verify Deformed Shape / 37
Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams / 38
View Influence Lines Results / 39

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