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Introduction To CsiBridge

This document provides an outline for official tutorials on using CSiBridge software for structural analysis. It includes sections on accessing online documentation, installing the software, and provides an example analysis of a composite concrete deck on steel girder bridge. The example demonstrates how to build the model in CSiBridge by defining the geometry, materials, elements, boundary conditions and running the analysis to obtain fundamental frequencies. Hand calculations of the bridge properties and first frequency are also shown for verification.

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Introduction To CsiBridge

This document provides an outline for official tutorials on using CSiBridge software for structural analysis. It includes sections on accessing online documentation, installing the software, and provides an example analysis of a composite concrete deck on steel girder bridge. The example demonstrates how to build the model in CSiBridge by defining the geometry, materials, elements, boundary conditions and running the analysis to obtain fundamental frequencies. Hand calculations of the bridge properties and first frequency are also shown for verification.

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Outline

Introduction to
CSiBridge
Official tutorials Installation Example
Yifan Zhu

BEST (the Bridge Engineering Software and Technology)


Center
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland

Official tutorials - CSi Knowledge


Official tutorials
base:
• CSi Knowledge base:
https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/csibridge/Home
• CSiBridge Tutorials:
https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/tutorials/CSiBridge
https://www.csiamerica.com/products/csibridge/watch-
and-learn
• Manuals:
…\Computers and Structures\CSiBridge 2017\Manuals\...
• Resources
…

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Official tutorials - CSiBridge
Official tutorials- Manuals
Tutorials

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Official tutorials Installation and licenses

Follow the instructions to install


the software (email from Dr. Ye)

When using the software:


• Connect to the Internet
• No more than 10 users at
the same time

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Example – Demo (Screen
Example
Recording)
• Concrete deck on 5 steel girders composite bridge
• Girder spacing = 6 ft and edge distances = 3 ft

• Concrete Floor:
Density 2400kg/m3 (150 lb/ft3),
Modulus of Elasticity=2.4X1010 N/m2 (3480 ksi).
Width= 30 ft, Depth=8 in, Length=60 ft, Poison Ratio=0.2.
• Steel Girders:
W21X166
Modulus of Elasticity 200X109 N/m2 (29,000 ksi),
Poison Ratio=0.3,
Density=7850 kg/m3(490 lb/ft3).

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Example – New case Example – Layout

Units

Create a new blank case


Layout line should equal
or longer than your bridge
length

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Example – Components Example – Bridge
Material
properties

Span length/
Supports

(Girder) Section Bridge section


properties

preview Details

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Example – Update Example – 3D Beam element

Single beam element


(equivalent beam)

3D Shell element

Mesh size

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Example – 3D Shell-Beam
Example – 3D mixed elements
elements

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Example – 3D Shell elements Example – Boundary Conditions

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Example – Analysis options Example – Run analysis

The fundamental
frequency should
be vertical bending

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Example – Frequencies Example – Frequencies


verification verification

Spine Model / Beam element 22 Area Model / Shell-Frame elements 23


Example – Frequencies Example – Frequencies
verification verification

Area Model / Shell-Mixed elements 24 Area Model / Shell-Shell elements 25

Example – Hand calculations Example – Hand calculations

N=n= 8.33
Unit
Section A db Adb d Ad2 I0 Material Density Area weight
Slab 69.15 26.52 1833.45 6.30 2742.03 368.79 (lb/ft)
Haunch 0.02 23.19 0.52 2.97 0.20 0.00 Concrete 150 lb/ft3 20 ft 2 3000
Top Steel 490 lb/ft3 1.6945 ft2 830.305
flange 16.86 21.82 367.97 1.60 43.29 2.60
Web 14.84 11.25 166.89 -8.97 1193.05 483.68 W=(3000+830.305)/12=319.192 lb/in
Bot
flange 16.86 0.68 11.47 -19.54 6437.42 2.60
117.73 2380.30 10415.99 857.67

ybot= 20.22 in ytop= 2.28 in


Ix=I0+Ad2
5 '( )
= 11260.40 in4 Stopc = 967.10 in3 ∆= = 0.6832 01
384 *+
Sbot = 557.61 in3 Stop = 4939.81 in3
4 5*+ 5
Qslab= 433.36 in3 23 = ＝0.18 = 4.28 78
2 '( ) ∆

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