SMART BRIDGE SA is the first comprehensive program that provides analysis and load rating of reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges based on for the AASHTO Standard and LRFD Specifications. In addition, the program offers a fully customizable grillage analysis allowing analytical refinements and parametric investigations.

The user friendly interface allows easy switching between the AASHTO Standard and LRFD based analysis by simply pressing a button. A comparison between both design specifications is simple by the easy to view and edit report formats. Detailed step by step analysis with all applicable Code equations provide the engineer with high level of confidence in the results.

Along with the strong features for load rating and evaluation SMART BRIDGE SA can be also used for bridge design and optimization through the numerous custom design options readily available to the user.

SMART BRIDGE SA is a very powerful design and analysis tool that can shave weeks of valuable production time compared to other software programs.

SMART BRIDGE SA 2.0 is a Bridge Structural Analysis program that allows rapid analysis and load rating assessment of prestressed and reinforced concrete bridges. The analysis options include:

1. Structural Assessment based on AASHTO Standard Specifications, Seventeenth Edition (2004)
2. Structural Assessment based on the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Third Edition (2004)
3. Structure Assessment based on Refined grillage analysis.

The damage assessment module is a unique feature of SMART BRIDGE SA 2.0 which allows the user to remove portions of concrete and steel at any location along any girder. The user needs to define the start position of the damage and the damaged length of the girder and the program will recalculate the effect of stiffness loss and transfer and development requirements. The resulting analysis offer an accurate representation of the actual conditions which can be performed rapidly in a matter of minutes.

KEY FEATURES

• User friendly graphical interface: Intuitive user interface, customized materials database, customizable cross section libraries, comprehensive and customizable vehicle modeling, vehicle load optimization, and smart analysis combinations provide for easy and rapid model generation, load application, and generation of results.
• Prestressed and reinforced applications: Simply supported prestressed girders and flat slabs, continuous reinforced concrete slabs structures are handled with speed and ease.
• Flexible customization: The unrivalled customization options make SMART BRIDGE SA the clear leader for code based bridge analysis, design, optimization and assessment.
• Easy bridge modeling and efficiency enhancement: SMART BRIDGE SA software graphical interface makes bridge modeling and data verification fast and convenient with minimum effort due to its extremely user-friendly and efficient interface. The interactive graphical interface creates and shows simple representations of the bridge based on the data entered.
• Comprehensive girder design capabilities: The built-in library contains all standard AASHTO girders bulb tees, double and single tees, rectangular beams. Fully customized option to generate new girder libraries and add customized cross-sections. All cross sectional properties are calculated and displayed. Girders with curved lines similar to the Florida 72 inch Bulb T can be easily generated and customized.
• Comprehensive bridge layout capabilities: The user friendly layout screens allow for full customization of the bridge to include any skew angle and mixing girder types and reinforcement in the same span. Intermediate barriers, sidewalks, diaphragms and utility loads can be easily modeled and added with the click of a button.
• Automatic reinforcement generation: The user friendly graphical interface allows the generation of all prestressing details including harping and debonding strand patterns using stress-relieved or low relaxation strands within minutes. Mixing reinforcing bars and any strand type (partial prestressing) can be handled in the same cross section.
• Damage Assessment: Any damage due to corrosion, impact or any other reason can be easily assessed by removing any part of strand and/or concrete section. The user needs to define the start position of the damage and the damaged length of the girder and the program will recalculate the effect of stiffness loss and transfer and development requirements. The resulting analysis offers an accurate representation of the actual conditions which can be performed rapidly in a matter of minutes.
• System analysis approach: The entire span is analyzed in one run with unlimited loading configurations. Users can define multiple beam cross-sections with variable reinforcement and girder spacings in the same span. SMART BRIDGE SA is a complete analysis solution and bridge evaluation tool that offers fully unparallel customized options and comprehensive user control.
• Fully customized bridge load rating for AASHTO LFD and LRFR Specifications: Generate inventory, operating and service load rating on the touch of a button based on the AASHTO Manual for Condition Evaluation of Bridges. The comprehensive truck libraries allow the user to input multiple trucks of their choice or generate and apply new trucks.
• User friendly computer output reports: User defined options allow printing only what you need from a simple summary to comprehensive reports containing all moment, shear, stresses and load rating analysis. The load rating analysis includes strength and service checks compared to nominal flexure and shear capacities and allowable stresses. The output reports can be saved as MS Word or PDF documents allowing integration of other reports into the same document.
• Refined analysis: The powerful refined analysis option allows modeling and placing a vehicle or a group of vehicles at any position along the bridge. An influence surface is generated and accurate distribution factors are obtained within seconds. Utilizing the refined analysis can easily enhance the load rating of deficient bridges.
• Multiple bridge rating in one run: One powerful feature of SMART BRIDGE SA is perform analysis and load rating of multiple bridges in one run. The user could select bridges from the data base and form a group of bridges. Once the new group is formed, the user defines the desired vehicles for the analysis. The program will perform the analysis using all predefined vehicles and print a rating summary for all bridges. Defining a safe Route for a heavy load is now a snap.