CSIBRIDGE®
CSiBridge® allows for quick and easy design and retrofitting of steel & concrete bridges. The bridge models are defined parametrically, using terms that are familiar to bridge engineers such as layout lines, spans, bearings, abutments, bents, hinges, and post-tensioning. The software automatically creates spine, shell, or solid object models that update automatically as the bridge definition parameters are changed. The parametric modeler allows the user to rapidly build simple or complex bridge models and to make changes quickly while maintaining total control over the design process. Lanes and vehicles can be defined quickly and include width effects. Simple and practical Gantt charts can be used to easily simulate modeling of construction sequences.
Completely integrated within the Bridge Design package is the power of the SAPFire® analysis engine, including staged construction, creep and shrinkage analysis, cable tensioning to target forces, camber and shape finding, geometric nonlinearity (P-delta and large displacements), material nonlinearity (superstructure, bearings, substructure, and soil supports), buckling, and static and dynamic analysis. All of these apply to a single comprehensive model. In addition, AASHTO LRFD design is included with automated load combinations, superstructure design, and the latest seismic design.