Box Culvert Design as per AASHTO LRFD

This tutorial demonstrates the key highlights of the modeling capabilities of midas Civil for a steel plate I-girder composite straight bridge. This tutorial is based on the bridge specifications of the Federal Highway Administration's Steel Bridge Design Handbook Design Example 2A: Two-Span Continuous Straight Composite Steel I-Girder Bridge. 

Box culvert is a usually default buried structure type that serves a variety of purposes. It is typically used for conveying water and also frequently used for pedestrian or cattle underpasses. Box culvert can be provided in both "precast concrete box culvert" and "cast-in-place concrete box culverts" form. Currently, most box culvert installations are provided in precast form due to the huge reduction in the construction time and cost. See below for an overview.