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    Expert Tip: How to Perform Time-dependent Analysis

    Prestressed Concrete, Concrete, Blog, Shrinkage, Bridge Construction, Time dependent material, time step method, Post-tensioned, Girder, WSP, Academic, creep, time dependent analysis, Contractor, Tip

    How to Perform Time-dependent Analysis? Mainly there are two ways to perform the time-dependent analysis. One is the time-step analysis and the other is the age-adjusted method.

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    Expert Tip: Suspension Bridge Analysis Using Trigonometric Methods

    Complex, Thermal Analysis, Live Load Analysis, Suspension, Nonlinear analysis, numerical method, Bridge Design, Time dependent material, WSP, Academic, girder bridge, time dependent analysis, iterative, deflection theory, trigonometric method, timoshenko, Tip
    There are a couple of ways to analyze suspension bridges. As previously discussed (Uniqueness and Difficulties of Suspension Bridge Analysis...
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    Expert Tip: Pile Cap Design Using Iteration and Optimization

    Substructure, Design, WSP, verification, iterative, pile cap, footing, optimization, Conventional, Tip
    How to Design Bridge Footing and Its Pile Spacing?
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    Expert Tips: Influence Line Analysis for Continuous Girders

    WSP, Academic, Design Moment Calculation, Influence Line, Muller-Breslau, Conventional, Tip
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    Expert Tips: Material Properties' Time Functions

    Concrete, Construction stage analysis, Nonlinear analysis, Shrinkage, Elastic modulus, Time dependent material, WSP, Academic, creep, cantilever bridge, creep coefficient, moment redistribution, time function, Contractor, Tip
    In the blog article intro to Time-dependent Analysis for Concrete Structures, we have touched upon the importance of construction stage anal...
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    Expert Tips: Convergence Study in Curved Girder Analysis

    Expert Tips: Convergence Study in Curved Girder Analysis

    Steel Composite, Grillage Analysis, Modeling Technique, Girder, Meshing, Finite Element Analysis, FEA, bridge analysis, torsion, All Frame, FHWA, WSP, curved girder, curved, convergence, mesh refinement, Academic, irregular blog, Tip
    What is Convergence? What is a Convergence Study? It is easy to obtain the result from bridge finite element analysis, but to get more accur...
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