Smart Bridge Suite 3.1 - Standard Edition
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KEY FEATURES

SMART BRIDGE SUITE Version 3.1 is a bridge structural analysis program that allows rapid analysis and load rating assessment of prestressed and reinforced concrete bridges. The analysis options include:
  • Structural Assessment based on AASHTO Standard Specifications, Seventeenth Edition (2004)
  • Structural Assessment based on the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Fourth Edition (2007) with the 2009 Interim.
  • Structural Assessment based on Refined Finite Element Analysis.

SMART BRIDGE SUITE is the first comprehensive Bridge Engineering program that provides Design/Analysis and Load Rating of Reinforced Concrete, Prestressed Concrete and Steel Bridges based on for the LFR and LRFD 2008 Interim AASHTO Specifications. In addition, the program offers a fully customizable Finite Element analysis allowing analytical refinements and parametric investigations. Detailed step by step analysis with all applicable Code equations provides the engineer with high level of confidence in the results. Along with the strong features for load rating and evaluation, SMART BRIDGE SUITE ’s unique and user friendly interface allows complete design and optimization in minutes with fully graphical output.

SMART BRIDGE SUITE has been developed by our engineers over a span of ten years. The first commercial version of the program was released in 2005 under the name SMART BRIDGE SA and was only limited to prestressed concrete girders.

This version of the program is a significant jump from our previous software in both the operational platform and enhanced capabilities. Therefore, the name has been changed to SMART BRIDGE SUITE 3.1 to reflect these changes.

SMART BRIDGE SUITE 3.1 covers both RC and PC bridges and our company is currently working on the development of Concrete Bridge Culverts and Steel bridges. We believe that bridge software should be capable of optimization and education and we have invested heavily to produce a step by step analysis approach that is both educational and time saving tool during the quality assurance process.

KEY FEATURES

  • Multiple Design Codes and Refined Analysis
  • Refined analysis based on FEM
  • Automatic design
  • Prestressed and reinforced applications with continuity options
  • Entire Bridge in One Project File
  • Flexible customization
  • Easy bridge modeling and efficiency enhancement
  • Custom Designed Girder Libraries
  • Custom Designed Material Libraries
  • Custom Designed Vehicle Libraries
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  • Variable axle spacing
  • Comprehensive bridge layout capabilities
  • Interactive reinforcement definition
  • Custom plots
  • System analysis approach
  • Fully customized bridge load rating
  • Detailed Views of Results
  • User friendly computer output reports
  • Print Detailed Step by Step Analysis
  • Create and maintain comprehensive records in one file
  • Intelligent Hints and Instant Help
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    FEATURES

    • Multiple Design Codes and Refined Analysis: Comprehensive analysis options including:
      • AASHTO Standard Specifications, Seventeenth Edition (2004)
      • AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Fourth Edition (2007) with the 2008 Interim.
      • Structural Assessment based on Refined Finite Element Analysis
    • Refined analysis based on FEM: 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.
    • Automatic design: The program can generate the initial reinforcement design based on ultimate flexural strength. The user can then improve the design starting from the initial design
    • Prestressed and reinforced applications with continuity options: Simply supported and continuous prestressed girder bridges, cast-in-place reinforced concrete slab bridges are handled with speed and ease.

    • Entire Bridge in One Project File:Integrating the entire bridge in one project file greatly reduces the amount of work required to maintain your data. Displayed complete bridge layout allows the user easy access to any unit or span for a quick check and optimization. An entire bridge with variable span types can be analyzed and saved in one project file.
    • Flexible customization: The unrivalled customization options make SMART BRIDGE SUITE the clear leader for code based bridge analysis, design, optimization and assessment.
    • Easy bridge modeling and efficiency enhancement: Intuitive 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. Both 2D and 3D graphical presentations are provided.

    • Custom Designed Girder Libraries: The built-in library contains all standard prestressed girder shapes. 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 can be easily generated and customized.
    • Custom Designed Material Libraries: Comprehensive built-in material libraries contain all standard prestressed steel, rebars and concrete types. Fully customized option to generate new material libraries with linear and non linear material properties.
    • Custom Designed Vehicle Libraries: comprehensive and customizable built-in vehicle libraries. Fully customized option to generate new vehicle libraries to suite any loading requirements.
    • Variable axle spacing: vehicles with varying axle spacing can be easily modeled and utilized in the analysis.

    • 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.

    • Interactive reinforcement definition: 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.

    • Custom plots: The program allows user to create custom XY plots based on the analysis results. The Excel style XY plots are fully customizable, including line types, color, data grid, diagram title and etc.

    • 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 spacing in the same span. SMART BRIDGE SUITE is a complete analysis solution and bridge evaluation tool that offers fully unparallel customized options and comprehensive user control.

    • Fully customized bridge load rating: 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.
    • Detailed Views of Results: View the analysis result of every individual step. Texts, tables and charts are used to help the user understand and customize the results before printing final report. User customized charts allows better view and check of the results.
    • 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.
    • Print Detailed Step by Step Analysis: Quality assurance is a snap with the full capability of printing a step by step analysis with appropriate code reference for and part of the bridge. NO MORE BLACK BOX, all the analysis procedures can be printed, showing the code equations, numbers and references. Smart Bridge Suite allows easy quality assurance of the results.

    • Create and maintain comprehensive records in one file: The PDF format reports allow the user to insert texts, pictures, other PDF files and custom XY plots. All maintenance and historical information can be maintained in one file eliminating fragmentation and possibility of missed or lost data.
    • Intelligent Hints and Instant Help: No need to look up the manual! Learning a new software is no more intimidating. Smart Bridge Suite is extremely rich in functionality, but incredibly easy to use.



    Smart Bridge Suite 3.1 - Professional Edition

    All the features of the standard version plus complete continuity analysis for Post-Tensioning (PT) stage construction. In addition the program also covers the design/analysis of simply supported spans made continuous through coupling of threaded steel rods over the piers.

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