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GIRDER-PC - A Computer Program for Design Checking of Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges

Powell, Graham H.

UCB/SESM-1974/16, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-12, 128 pages

A computer program for the design analysis of multi-span prestressed concrete bridge structures is described; analysis, design and checking procedures are explained; a detailed user's manual is provided. The program is primarily applicable to cast in-situ, prestressed, straight in plan, concrete box girder bridges. Structural analyses for gravity load, live loads of a variety of types, support settlement, temperature differential between deck and soffit, and prestress forces are carried out independently using the Direct Stiffness Method.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-74-16.pdf (4 MB)