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rM Big PssinlBridge Structural Analysis, Design, and Construction Engineering

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Whether running stand alone or with other RM Bridge

advanced programs, RM Bridge Proessional ollows an

iterative modeling and analysis process that gives users

remarkable exibility in the bridge design process. It puts

an end to costly start-over tasks that occur in midstream

and has the added beneft o ensuring that an efcient and

balanced project is delivered. This enables engineers to

achieve extreme accuracy and go to unprecedented levels

o analytical exploration and simulation. The sotware

provides seamless support or required internationaldesign codes.

RM Bridge Proessional is the core sotware o the RM

Bridge amily, which oers integrated modules or bridge

engineering and construction. RM Bridge sotware com-

prises a selection o advanced modules or the intensive

analysis requirements o complex bridge types, such as

long-span cable-stayed and suspension bridges. Add-on

modules address specialized activities such as rolling

stock analysis, erection control, and simulated wind-tunnel

analysis, as well as a variety o construction and abrication

methods such as balanced cantilever construction, incre-

mental launching, and in-situ casting

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RM Bridge Proessional is an iterative system that provides

engineers broad exibility in the development o a complete

bridge project, saving time and improving project delivery.

Complete static and dynamic analysis capabilities help

them address virtually any structural issue. The ability to

model time-dependent material eects and analyze con-

struction staging provides distinct competitive advantages.

Expert parametric geometry defnition and control aid in

construction management, erection simulation, and seismic

analysis. Automated processes like direct delivery o design

data to casting and abrication help save time and shorten

project cycles. Users can even provide project stakeholders

with open, browser-like access to the bridge design project

or viewing, redlining, printing, and plotting.

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Unlike comparable bridge sotware, RM Bridge Proessional

perorms well in the context o the inrastructure project.

The sotware shares data in MicroStation DGN, LANDXML,

and other ormats. This capability enables the engineer to

accurately defne the bridge based on the roadway or railway

axis geometry rom Bentley InRoads, GEOPAK,Bentley MXROAD, or Bentley Rail Track sotware, or

alternatively rom AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and other partial

applications. With RM Bridge Proessional, the bridge

engineer has a wealth o civil project inormation at hand:

roadway horizontal alignments, vertical profles, photogram-

metric data, digital terrain models, isolines (contour lines),

raster graphics, and rail line designs. All bridge design and

construction data contributes to the process o bridge

inormation modeling (BrIM).

BrIM is a new and innovative approach to bridge engineer-

ing and project delivery that osters the use o data beyond

design and engineering needs to inorm downstream

processes such as abrication, construction, operation,maintenance, and inspection.

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RM Bridge Proessional addresses all types o bridges, rom

reinorced and prestressed concrete to steel and composite

bridges, arch bridges, suspension and cable-stayed bridges,

and more. It perorms consistent time-dependent analysis

o creep and shrinkage and steel relaxation. Users ana-

lyze the deormability o the superstructure and consider

interactions between the superstructure and the substruc-

ture, as well as between the structure and the soil

or surace.

RM Bridge Professional V8i is comprehensive 2D/3D/4Dsoftware used by bridge engineers for

bridges of all types, materials, and construction methods. A fully integrated modeling, analysis,

and design process and rapid results processing bring economy to bridge design. RM Bridge

Professional produces deliverables derived directly from the models being analyzed improving

bridge constructability and ensuring smooth project delivery.

Lawrence Hargrave Bridge, AECOM

Maunsell Australia.

Stonecutters Bridge, Ove Arup and

Partners Hong Kong.

Sheik Zayed Bridge by High

Point Rendell.


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RM Bridge Proessional is a powerul 2D/3D/4D system, proven

on projects o all types, materials, and construction methods.

Sl elmnsPowerul parametric 3D modeler

or the superstructure andsubstructure elements

Pre-loaded comprehensive library ostructural elements and sections

Modeling using beam, spring, cable,riction, damper, plate, wall, shell, andvolume elements

Structural elements are defned withlinear or nonlinear behavior

All elements can have eccentricconnection to the nodes

Nodal supports with uncoupled stinessor all six degrees o reedom (DOF)

Arbitrary stiness matrix orexibility matrix or characterizingcomplex elements

Large displacement eects

Beam Elements

Stiness matrix calculated usingmaterial parameters

Material nonlinearity

Composite material interaction

Creep, shrinkage, and steelrelaxation eatures

Shear deormation

P-Delta eectSpring Elements

Springs are individually defned bystress-strain diagrams

Tension cut-o and compressioncut-o defnitions

Friction Elements

Stiness or x displacement andall three rotations specifed byspring constants

Stiness in local y and z directioncoupled with the compression orce

Nonlinear Damper Elements

Uncoupled damping stiness termsor all DOF

Damping orce defned as a unctiono the deormation velocity

Viscous damper and damperspring elements

Cable Elements

Coupled axial-transversal behaviorincludes the sagging eect

Automatic cancellation o

compression orces

Intermediate points can be used

as local nodes

Fini elmn Mling

Linear structural analysis o

systems using plate, wall, shell,

and volume elements

Special shell element with in-plane

rotation DOF allowing or combination

with beam elements

Allows eccentric rigid links or all

FEM element types

Supports complex hybrid systems

combining dierent element typesDelivers detailed results or walls, plate,

shell, and volume elements

Automatic generation o beam-related

results or use in design-code checks

Mil Nnliniy

Preloaded standard material tables

Predefned stress strain diagrams or

both serviceability and ultimate state

Nonlinear stress-strain diagrams or

user-defned materials

Nonlinear material behavior or struc-

tural, reinorcement, and prestressing

steel and concrete

Consideration o cracking concrete in

the tensile zone o the cross section

Calculates tensile zone and elastoplastic

characteristics or all sections

Calculates redistribution o deorma-

tions and internal orces

Combines material nonlinear analysis

with second-order theory calculation

Si anlysis

Linear and Nonlinear Analysis

Nonlinear material behavior,

springs, and dampers

Cable sagging

Trafc

Automatic trafc load combinations

Pre-loaded standard design trucks or

user defned vehicles

Trafc load calculation using lane-

related inuence lines

Construction Stages Construction analysis by stage,

subsystem, or complete system

Creep and shrinkage behavior

throughout construction

Construction sequence simulation

Automatic camber calculations or

construction staging

Reports generation at any stage

Envelope results due to Response Spectrum Analysis.Stresses are accurately determined during theconstruction schedule.

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dynmi anlysis

Mass and Damping Properties and

Time-Dependent Loads

Rayleigh damping or time history

Modal damping or modal analysis

Defned nonlinear dampers included

Single-loading cases comprisingcombinations o load sets multiplied

by time-dependent actors

Time-dependent actors defned

using standard unctions or tables

and local delays

Defnition o any dynamic load,

including ground displacement,

moving loads, etc.

Free Response Analysis

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

using linear or tangential

structural stiness

Calculation o modal

participation actors Natural modes are stored as separate

loading cases

Response Spectrum Analysis

Response spectrum defned as a

table in terms o displacement,

velocity, or acceleration

Individual results combined using

stochastic superposition rules:

ABS rule - Total response by

combining the absolute values o

all the individual contributions

SRSS rule - Natural modes are

completely uncorrelated (superpo-

sition in Pythagorean manner) DSC rule - Correlation between

the contributions o the individual

natural modes

CQC rule - Models the correlation

between multiple dierent modes

using absolute values

CQCX rule - Variation o the CQC

rule in which the natural modes

are combined as in CQC and the

sign o the modes is considered

Result envelopes or internal orces

and displacements

tim hisy anlysis

Time stepping with consideration o

nonlinear materials, geometry, springs,

and dampers

Time-dependent loads

Time-dependent masses

Structural response related to a

specifed dynamic load using linear or

tangent structural stiness

Response values in time or elements

and nodes

Result envelopes or internal orces

and displacements

Graphic presentation o results

Sbiliy anlysis

Linear buckling behavior with

stiness matrix based on second-

order theory rules

Accounts or imperections by defning

abrication shapes consistent with

support conditions or by taking over ac-torized deormation shapes due to static

load cases or critical buckling modes

Allows or the application o local

prescribed deormations (overlaps, local

strains), canceling the related internal

constraint orces

Consideration or nonlinear buckling

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Calculation o reinorcement or con-

crete sections, or additionally required

reinorcement or prestressed sections

Uses plastic design principles to handle

any cross section shape and any combi-

nation o biaxial bending and axial orceHandles 2D and 3D cases consisting

o normal orce plus axial or

biaxial bending

Graphic presentation o the biaxial

bending and axial orces interaction

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Construction Stages

Consideration o dierent construc-

tion stages by activating parts o the

completely defned structure

Individual tendon stressing in

dierent stages Calculation o losses due to time

eects and other prestressing actions

Automatic updating o cross section

characteristics (duct area, tendon

area, grouting)

Accounts or cross-sectional changes

in the computation o eccentricity o

individual cables

Tendon Geometry and Prestressing Force

Distribution

Interactively defne cable geometry

or calculating prestressing

orce distribution

Calculates prestressing orcedistribution by accounting or

riction losses caused by the

spatial curvature

Stressing on both ends o cable, re-

leases, and wedge slips are available

Computes cable lengths and elastic

cable extensions

Automatically checks fnal cable

positions in a single section (distance

between cables; distance between

cables and surace o girder; place-

ment where two cables cross in the

horizontal plane)

Load Case Prestressing

Determines the initial strains and

stresses (primary eects) rom the

cable geometry and prestressing

orce distribution

Accounts or axial orce, biaxial bend-

ing, and torsion eects

Applies computed fxed-end-orces as

a load to the structural system

Outputs total displacements and

internal orces (secondary eects)

Load Case Creep/Shrinkage and Steel

Relaxation

Time-dependent analysis using a

fnite dierence scheme

Calculation o all creep and shrinkage

coefcients depending on the

design code

Factors percentage o the total relax-

ation occurring in each time step

Automatic calculation o primary and

secondary eects

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Standard or user-defned geometry

or section shapes

Calculates characteristics o thin-walled

cross sections (open or closed-shape

sections)

Calculates cross section properties,

including shear center and warping

coefcients

Automatically computes all fber

and shear stresses in addition to

internal orces

Force results rom individual and/or

combined load cases

Buckling check or bending with

compression normal orce

Steel structure nonlinear behavior

considerations

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Composite sections could be defned

with dierent types o concrete (quality

or age) or concrete with steel

Allows or modifcation o the structural

system and/or cross section during the

construction sequence

Option to load individual parts beore

combining into a composite sectionCombines stresses rom loading

individual parts prior to a

composite creation

Calculates results or individual section

parts or the composite section

Post-processing unctions (design code

checks, graphics, etc.) perormed

or individual section parts or the

composite section

Prestressing and creep and shrinkage

calculations or each cross section part

Construction-stage eatures or compos-

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Specifc composite eatures

available: shear stud design, orce

redistribution rom the cracked part

to the remaining part

Prestressed and post-tensioned

concrete eatures or composite

construction

dsign c cks

Design code check or AASHTOLRFD and LFD

Support or 20 international

design codes

AASHTO 1996 based on CEB-FIP 90

Australian Standard AS5100

Austrian Standard OENORM B4750

British standard BS5400

Chinese Highway Code JTG D62

Eurocode 2

Finnish Standard

French Standard

German Standard DIN1045/1

(2002)

German Standard FB102

Hong Kong Standard based

on BS5400

Hungarian Standard HUNG-UT2/13

Indian Standard IRC

Korean Standard

Load and resistance actor design

(American code) LRFD 2007

New Zealand Standard - NZS 3101

Norwegian NS3473 Standard

Portugal Standard

Spanish Standard EHE

Swedish Standard

Design code checks could be

perormed during individual

construction stages

Fiber stress checks

Shear capacity checks

Ultimate load carrying

capacity checks

User-defned cross-section cuts

(web, slab, cantilever plate, etc.) orshear stresses (shear orces) checks

Crack-width checks or

reinorced sections

Robustness check or prestressed

(pre and post-tensioned) sections

Fatigue checks or structures

subject to cyclic loading

Automatic notation o points

where design values exceed

resistance values

Graphical presentation o all design

code check results

Automatically calculates the

required reinorcement in pre-defned layers

Automatically calculates bidirec-

tional shear orce and torsional

moment distribution over the

relevant cross section

cnsin engining

Construction sequence simulation

Automatic camber calculation

depending on the erection

control technique

Allows or temporary

construction elements

Predefnes unloaded lengths o

cables and girder elements with to-

tal elastic distortion and elongation

Simulates the distribution o

construction stage orces

Ensures that the fnal structure is in

the correct position in space

Results are accessed ater any

stage as an intermediate result oras an accumulated result o previ-

ous stages

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Automatic generation o design and

construction CADD drawings

User-defned templates or

drawing generation

Generation o CADD section draw-

ings or rebar detailing

Powerul Drawing Manager keeps

track o generated fles

Automatically links generated draw-

ings, allowing or easy navigation

d exng

CADD data exchange with Micro-

Station DGN and LandXML ormats

Data exchange with Bentley

InRoads, GEOPAK, Bentley MXROAD,

and Bentley Rail sotware systems

Data exchange with Bentley

ProjectWise Navigator

Data export to Microsot

Ofce products

Data export to AutoCAD

Cable orce diagram ater stressing/relaxing/wedgeslip, including riction losses. Camber calculations are done automatically anddelivered in an Excel sheet.

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