Steel I Girder Bridge Design Reports

Access the Steel I-Girder Training Example

Follow the steps below to open the Steel I-Girder Training Example.

1. Log in to your account and locate Project in the top-right corner.

   
2. Click Project, then click NEW in the top-left corner.

   
3. Under Example Project, click New Project within Steel I-Girder Training Example.

   

   
4. Provide a name for your project and open the example.

   

   

The initial download of the library components takes approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds. Subsequent openings of the same project are noticeably faster because OpenBrIM library objects are cached in your browser; loading then takes less than 2–3 seconds.

View Design Reports of the Steel I-Girder Training Example

Follow the steps below to run the steel I-girder code check reports.

The Steel I-Girder Workflow supports the following code-check reports:

• Steel I-Girder Code Check

• Steel I-Girder Load Rating

• Field Splice Code Check

• Cross Frame Code Check

• Shear Stud Code Check

• Pier Cap Code Check

• Pier Column Code Check

• Pier Footing Code Check

• Pile Capacity Code Check

1. Make sure the FEM button in the top-middle of the screen is active — the Analysis button only appears when FEM is on.

   

   The Analysis button typically takes around 15–20 seconds to appear.

2. When the Analysis button appears in the top-left, the FE model has been compiled and is ready to run.

   

   
3. Click Analysis to run the finite element analysis of the steel I-girder bridge.

   

   Analysis for this project typically takes around 1.5 minutes to complete.

4. When the analysis finishes, click Close to exit the analysis interface.

   
5. Click Design to compute the parametric design parameters and collect the analysis results needed for the reports. Track progress in the top-middle of the screen during the design run.

   Keep the design tab visible until the run finishes — hiding or minimizing the page pauses result collection.

   

   

   The design run for this project generally takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.

6. When the design run finishes, click OK to start viewing the reports.

   
7. Click Report and Detailed Report in succession to display the available reports.

   
8. Detailed Report opens a range of design outputs — quantity reports, camber diagrams, superstructure analysis at 10-foot intervals, code-check reports for individual members, and load-rating reports.

   

The common steps before investigating individual design reports are now complete.

Steel I-Girder Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the steel I-girder code-check reports.

1. The summary report lists each girder's code-check station, limit state, additional provisions (Appendix A6, Appendix B6) where applicable, and state specifications, along with the corresponding D/C ratio and Pass/Fail status.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon (as shown earlier) to open the detailed code-check report.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Steel I-Girder Load Rating

Follow the steps below to access the steel I-girder load-rating reports.

1. The summary report lists rating factors, section properties, member capacities, and analysis results for each girder, load-rating station, limit state, and vehicle. A separate overall summary table highlights the most critical rating stations.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon to open the detailed report.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Field Splice Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the field-splice code-check reports.

1. The summary report shows the D/C ratio for splice plates and bolts at each splice for the strength and service limit states.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon to open the detailed report.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Cross Frame Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the cross-frame code-check reports.

1. The summary report shows the resultant code-check values for each chord of the cross frame and the gusset-plate bolted-connection checks.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon (marked in red) to open the axial-force member-check report.

   
3. Click the Detailed Report icon (marked in blue) to open the bolted gusset-plate check report.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Shear Stud Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the shear-stud code-check reports.

1. The summary report shows the total number of passed and failed shear-stud code-check regions.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon to open the detailed report, which includes strength and fatigue limit-state checks.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Pier Cap Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the pier-cap code-check reports.

1. The summary report runs pier-cap code checks against two design templates: AASHTO (marked in red) and state specifications (marked in blue).

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon (marked in red) for AASHTO checks (flexure, shear, torsion, fatigue, reinforcement limits).

   
3. Click the Detailed Report icon (marked in blue) for state-specific checks.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Pier Column Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the pier-column code-check reports.

1. The summary report shows pier-column results as D/C ratios or Pass/Fail.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon to open the detailed report (axial-moment interaction, axial compression, shear, torsion, reinforcement limits).

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Pier Footing Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the pier-footing code-check reports.

1. The summary report shows D/C values and Pass/Fail status for flexure, one-way shear, two-way shear, and reinforcement limits.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon to open the detailed pier-footing code-check report.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Pile Capacity Code Check

Follow the steps below to access the pile-capacity reports.

1. The summary report shows the maximum D/C value against the specified pile capacity.

   
2. Click the Detailed Report icon to open the detailed report — the most critical results plus all results across limit states.

   

See Quick Tips — Exploring Design Variables in Depth below.

Quick Tips: Exploring Design Variables in Depth

Tip 1 — Search by keyword

To quickly find a specific design parameter, press CTRL+F and type the keyword.

Tip 2 — Inspect any design parameter

To understand a parameter's annotation, computation, and underlying formula:

i) Hover over the parameter to see its annotation and additional details.

ii) Click the parameter to reveal the formula or expression behind it.

iii) The detailed report itself usually includes the computation and inputs in the surrounding narrative.