Girder/Floor/Support Beam Construction (Complete) [TB]

To define the construction of all associated girders, floor beams, and support beams for the truss bridge, the following parameters can be used for the construction sequence:

Stage: This parameter specifies the construction stage during which the girders, floor beams, and support beams will be constructed.

Bridge: This parameter specifies the bridge whose superstructure beam elements will be activated at the selected stage.

Girder Self Weight Factor: The Girder Self-Weight Factor is used to adjust the contribution of the beams' own weight to the overall structural load calculations. This factor allows for scaling or modifying the self-weight during finite element analysis (FEA) — for example, to account for sacrificial thickness or non-structural attachments.