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Automated Design of Reinforced Concrete Box Girder Bridges

Powell, Graham H.; Ghose, Amitava

UCB/SESM-1974/15, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-12, 84 pages

A procedure for computer design of multi-span reinforced concrete bridge box girders is described, a users guide for the computer program developed to apply the procedure (RCBOX) is presented, and example designs are reviewed. The program is dated and limited to cast-in-situ girders of constant width and depth, but span lengths may vary from span to span and cross section variations can be taken into account.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-74-15.pdf (6 MB)