SCADDS/Bridge Superstructure Designer™
Release 2.1

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SCADDS/Bridge Superstructure Designer™, performs Design and Drafting of T-Beam Superstructures of Reinforced Concrete Multilane Bridges as per IS, IRC and Ministry of Transport (Roads Wing) specifications.

Presently, this is on MS-DOS® platform and controlled through a Windows® 95/98 User Interface.

You can download a fully functional Trial Version of Bridge SuperCAD from the Downloads section.

Custom Features of SCADDS/Bridge Superstructure Designer

• Design Methodology based on Indian Standard (IS) Codes, Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Codes and Highways Manuals.
• Main Beams with T-Section or I-Section with haunches at Top or bottom.
• Cross Beams with T-Section with haunches at Top.
• Cantilever Slab Panel with Uniform or Varying Thickness.
• A host of Utilities for computing the following:
  
  
  • Number of Rods for given Size and Area.
  • Total Area of Steel for any Number & Size of various Groups of Rods, upto ten groups.
    
    
• Facility to View or Print various parts of Output such as Deck Slab Design, Main Beam Design and Cross Beam Design.
• Analysis Data Imprt from the analysis module, Bridge Superstructure Analyst.
• An Input Status Window to instantaneously display the Status of various parts of Input.
• An Output Status Window to instantaneously display the Status of various phases of the Run. (Top)

Design Methodology

The following Structural Elements have been considered during the phases of Design:

• Deck Slab Interior Panel & Cantilever Panel
• Main Tee Beams - Outer Beams & Inner Beams
• Cross Tee Beams - Outer Beams, Inner Beams & Cantilever Beams

As per the departmental standards, the Working Stress Method has been adopted for Design. The mode of input is fully interactive with built-in intelligence and on-line suggestions, to check the validity of input from the user on data relating to the Layout of the Bridge, Design Forces, Grade of Concrete, Type of Reinforcement, etc.

The main attraction of BSCAD-II is its capacity to generate Script Files which can be directly exported to AutoCAD(TM) for fully automatic generation of drawings with exhaustive details. BSCAD-II generates five drawings after carrying out the design phase.

Plate-I General Drawing Notes

This plate will consist of General Information, notes on Design Criteria, Material Specifications, notes on Workmanship and Detailing, Reference to Drawings, etc.

Plate-II General Arrangement

This plate will consist of the Layout of the Bridge with dimensions of Slab Panels, Longitudinal Girders and Cross Girders. This plate provides three views, viz., the Longitudinal Elevations, Plan and Cross Section.

Plate-III Details of Deck Slab

This plate will consist of the Longitudinal view, the Cross Sectional view and the Plan of Deck Slab Reinforcement.

Plate-IV Details of Longitudinal Girders

This plate will consist of the Longitudinal and Sectional views of Reinforcement at selected sections along the span for Inner and Outer Longitudinal Girders.

Plate-V Details of Cross Girders

This plate will consist of Longitudinal and Sectional views of Reinforcement at selected sections along the span for Inner and Outer Transverse Girders.

All other particulars and specifications conform to relevant I.R.C. Codes of Practices, I.S. Codes and the Manual of Highways Department, Madras.

The S.I. (Systems International) Units of Measure are used throughout for all internal computations and output.(Top)

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