PGSuper  4.1
Precast-prestressed Girder Bridges
General

This tab allows you define general information about your Project Criteria.

Project Design Criteria Entries allow you to define the version of the LRFD Specifications that you want to use in your analysis/design. They also allow you to customize certain provisions that are likely to be agency-specific, or not defined in the Specifications.

Item Description
Entry Name Each Design Criteria Entry must have a unique name. The name may contain any characters and can be up to 32 characters in length.
Description Provide a description for the Project Criteria Entry.
Design Criterial Basis Select the version of the LRFD Specifications that you would like to use along with the provisions described by the current Project Criteria Entry.
Use Constants and Equations from the Following Version of the Selected Specification All of the LRFD Specifications prior to the 4th Edition 2007 are available in SI and US units. Selection of the SI version of the Specifications means that SI-specific constants will be used when evaluating specification equations.
Section Properties Select either Gross or Transformed for the section properties that will in the analysis
Compute effective flange width Select a method for computing the effective flange width.