CSiBridge 23.3.1

File size:

849 MB

Date added:

Nov 16, 2021 | Last update check: 1 minute ago

Licence:

Demo | Buy Now

Runs on:

Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 10 / 10 64-bit

CSiBridge is a software for modeling, analysis and design, intended for the engineering of steel and concrete bridge systems. Customized controls and features integrate across an object-based modeling environment to offer an intuitive, practical, and productive computational tool for bridge engineering. Advanced modeling features and sophisticated analysis techniques account for dynamic effects, inelastic behavior, and geometric non-linearity.

Code-based templates streamline the engineering process from model definition through analysis, design optimization, and the generation of comprehensive output reports, complete with data, diagrams, and animations that summarize structural response and design specifications.

Features:

• Modeling of Bridge Systems
  CSiBridge implements a parametric object-based modeling approach when developing analytical bridge systems. This enables designers to assign bridge composition as an assembly of objects (roadway superstructure, substructure, abutments, piers, foundation system, etc.) before the SAPFire® Analysis Engine, integral to CSI Software, automatically transfers the object-based model into a mathematical finite-element model by meshing the material domain and assigning material properties.
• Loading and Analysis
  After modeling, CSiBridge provides options for the assignment of load cases and combinations. After the original object-based model has been translated into a finite-element model and subjected to load cases and combinations, the analysis process follows directly.
• Design and Output
  An automatic design process couples with analysis procedures to coordinate and optimize the resizing of bridge components.

For a full list of features please visit https://www.csiamerica.com/products/csibridge/features.

CSiBridge V23 updates (changelog)

Version 23.3.1:

Bug fixes.

Version 23.3.0:

• Improved loading. Added new vehicles to the AASHTO Rating and Caltrans libraries.
• Improved design. Added steel frame design according to the AASHTO 2020 LRFD code.
• Improved output and display. Moving load response recovery has been sped up by means of multi-threading for database tables and the bridge object response display.
• Improved bridge design and rating. Improved bridge superstructure design per the IRC 2011 code: added detailed calculation reports for flexural and shear design of multi-cell concrete box and concrete T-beam bridge sections.

Version 23.2.0:

• Improved modeling. Staged-construction operations “Pour Concrete” and “Remove Forms” are available for Super-T bridge sections.
• Improved loading. Added the response-spectrum function according to the Chinese JTG/T 2231-01-2020 code.
• Improved analysis. Improved performance for models with frame elements in the presence of many load patterns. Improved speed for calculating joint-reaction response for influence-based moving-load cases.

Version 23.1.0:

• Improved API. Improved performance and examples for remote API and COM clients.
• Improved loading. Added temperature gradient loading and automatic bridge wind loading according to the IRC:6-2017 code. Expanded the IRC vehicle library to include the Special Vehicle (SV), Fatigue Truck (40T), and 70R Tracked vehicle per the IRC:6-2017 code.

What’s new in version 23.0.0:

Features Super-T girder bridge modeling and design, analysis speed improvements, job scripting, database tables via API, cloud licensing, and more. It includes improvements to analysis, API, bridge design and rating, Bridge Modeler, data files, and licensing.

• Improved analysis. Speed improvements to moving load analysis on spine models containing many influence points. Speed improvements nonlinear static, nonlinear multi-step static, and nonlinear direct-integration time-history cases using the advanced or multi-threaded solvers.
• Improved API. Added access to the database tables through the API.
• Improved bridge design and rating. Precast Super-T girder design has been implemented according to the New Zealand NZTA Bridge Manual.
• Improved Bridge Modeler. Layout lines can now be defined using point-of-intersection data. New Super-T girder and bridge-section definitions have been added, including detailed tendon layout. Job scripting has been added to allow automating several CSiBridge actions into one command in order to expedite iterative tasks.
• Improved licensing. CSiBridge now utilizes cloud licensing by default, allowing access to the license by multiple users and/or from multiple machines.

For a full and detailed list of new features please visit ReleaseNotesCSiBridgev2300.pdf.

About Computers and Structures

Founded in 1975, Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) is recognized globally as the pioneering leader in software tools for structural and earthquake engineering. CSI’s software is backed by more than three decades of research and development, making it the trusted choice of sophisticated design professionals everywhere.

CSI produces five primary software packages: SAP2000; CSiBridge; ETABS; SAFE; and PERFORM-3D. Each of these programs offers unique capabilities and tools that are tailored to different types of structures and problems, allowing users to find just the right solution for their work.

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CSiBridge 23 – Layout tab. ©Computers and Structures, Inc.


CSiBridge 23 – Analysis tab. ©Computers and Structures, Inc.


CSiBridge 23 – Define Jobs. ©Computers and Structures, Inc.

CSiBridge 23.3.1