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BridgeSmith, Thank you so much for your insights.

Hello everyone, I am analyzing a curved ramp with three spans (36m, 45m, and 30m). The first two spans have a carriage width of more than 11.0 meters. However, between the second and third spans, there is a portion where the carriage width is less than 10.5 meters. In this regard, how many...

KootK, Thank you for the response. Actually, we were in the process of detailing the beam when we came across this recommendation provided by Oregon DOT. We couldn't find a specific reason for the diagonal reinforcement and have no idea why it's needed. That's why I'm reaching out here, hoping...

Hello everyone, I was just curious about the reinforcement detailing in the hammerhead beam. Is there any particular reason for using diagonal reinforcement (please see the attached figure)? Regards

Thank you so much everyone for your feedback.

Hi all, I am trying to design a capping beam that meets the definition of a deep beam, with an a/d ratio of around 1.0. I am curious about the standard practice for designing such a beam in terms of shear and flexure. Is it mandatory to design the beam using the strut and tie model...

WesternJeb, Thank you for the link. For your information, the culvert I am designing has three spans with the total total width of 14.0 meters. I guess the standard details might not work in my current case. Anyway, the link has many resources and will surely be of help in the future. Thank...

George, thank you so much. WesternJeb, I am not in the US but we follow AASHTO guidelines for the design. If possible, can you please share me the link or standardized design tables for box culverts of any state?

Hello everyone, I am designing a three cell box culvert. I am trying to perform a live load analysis in the culvert to estimate the forces in the slab and wall. I have realized that unlike point loads in bridges, we need to apply the vehicular load as an area load due to live load dispersion...

Hi everyone, I have a query with regard to general practice in applying wind load when the building consists of both monopitch and duopicth roof. In such case, how do we calculate the value of "e" which is necessary in allocating zone length for applying wind load based on Eurocode. I am bit...

Dear Rapt, My concern is not about the capacity but the demand. The above figure of the circular pier is part of the straight bridge. Actually, since the bridge is straight, I would have used an angle of attack of zero (applying the load in the global axis) and combined it using the 100 and 30...

Dear Hturkak, thank you for the response, and sorry for the confusion. The applied load is based on the global axis, and the estimated bending moments were based on the local axis (Please see the attached figure).

Hello everyone, I am trying to desing the circular bridge pier. I applied the lateral force using the response spectrum analysis independently in X-axis, and Y-axis.As I wanted to gain confidence with the combination rule, I rotated the angle of attack and recorded the bending moment. When Eqx'...

Thanks everyone for the input.

Thank you GeoEnvGuy for your response.

Thank you dik for your input. I will wait geotechnical fellow for their comments.

Hello all, I need to conduct a lateral load analysis of the drilled shaft, and for that, I must classify soil as either clay or sand. According to the geotechnical report, there are few soil layers which are desginated as GC and SC based on Unified soil classification system. I am unsure...

Thank you EireChch and dik for your input.

Dik, I used option 1 "Include soil weight of the soil - represented by the orange line in the plot", and option 2 "Include concrete weight less soil weight - represented by the blue line in the plot". I didn't go with option 3 as the diameter of drill shaft is 3.5 m and I can't simply ignore its...

Geotechguy, thank you for the response. FYI, the pile capacity was assessed for the strength IV load combination (load at the top of the shaft is 9662 kN). I have attacehd the snap shot of the design sheet along with the capacity demand ratio plot. In capacity demand plot, I have defined the...