quickBridge

Moment and shear envelopes

V1.2 - 2001
Prof. Noyan Turkkan
cole de gnie / School of eng.
Universit de Moncton
Moncton, N.-B., Canada, E1A 3E9
turkkan@umoncton.ca

Truck definition
Number of axles
12

Axle No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

X
0.0
1.3
2.5
6.3
7.5
8.8
15.0
16.3
17.5
22.5
23.8
25.0

W
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0
156.0

X is the coordinate and

W the weight of the axle
Coordinate of axle 1 is 0

Bridge geometry
Number of span
1

Span No
1

L
15

q
7.8

div
8

L is the length,
q uniform load and
div number of divisions
on a particular span
L and div must be > 0

Results
X
0.00
1.88
3.75
5.63
7.50
9.38
11.25
13.13
15.00

Vmax
682.5
550.9
419.3
287.6
156.0
222.6
341.3
472.9
721.5

Mmin
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

Mmax
0.0
1071.0
1870.8
2204.4
2266.9
2228.8
1822.0
1119.7
0.0

No

Rmin
1
2

Rmax
0.0
682.5
0.0
721.5

Bridge moment envelopes

2500

2000

Moment

1500

1000

500

0
0

10

12

14

16

Span

320127712.xls

Bridge shear envelope

800.0
700.0
600.0

Shear

500.0
400.0
300.0
200.0
100.0
0.0
0.00

2.00

4.00

6.00

8.00

Span

10.00

12.00

14.00

16.00

HELP
Partial help is provided on each worksheet.

Procedure
Truck worksheet
Use the scroll bar to choose the number of axles. Input axle Xcoordinates in
ascending order beginning with 0.0 for the first axle. Input the axle weights
Bridge worksheet
Use the scroll bar to choose the number of spans. For each span, input the
span length L, uniform load q and number of divisions.
Click the compute button to run the truck

Do not forget to use consistent units throughout.

HELP - continued
Program
2 to 20 axles and 1 to 5 spans with EI constant throughout. Truck will
move from left to right with the first axle in front. Critical values of
shears (absolute values) and moments will be computed on each
division point. Total number of divisions must be less then 500.
Results and graphs are displayed on Results, MEnvelope and
VEnvelope worksheets.

Tips and tricks

Reverse the truck geometry to simulate moving from right to left.
Instead of axle loads, use wheel loads multiplied by impact and
lateral distributions factors to obtain quickly design moments, shears
and support reactions.
Use q(uniform load) to simulate lane load. Dead load or any other
uniform load may be simulated by using zero axle loads.
For a simple span, for example, AASHTO users may simulate lane
load by choosing 2 axles with the 2nd axle weight set to 0.0.

DISCLAIMER
In using this program, the user accepts and understands that no
warranty is expressed or implied by me (N. Turkkan) on the accuracy
or the reliability of the program. The users must clearly understand
the program and must verify their own results.
This program is freeware. However, any contribution is welcome.
Contributions are used for scholarships and may be sent to :

Prof. Noyan Turkkan

Universit de Moncton
School of Engineering
Moncton, N.B., Canada
E1A 3E9

Please report all bugs and suggestions to :

turkkan@umoncton.ca