Overview
In this quest, you will manually build a single-span PSC composite integral bridge in MIDAS CIVIL NX. You will model composite I-girders, diaphragms, cross beams, abutment walls, pile caps, and piles before organizing them into construction-stage groups. You will define abutment and pile-soil springs, elastic links, prestressing tendons, earth pressure, temperature loads, and Canadian moving loads. After simulating the construction sequence, you will evaluate reactions, deformations, member forces, stresses, critical vehicle positions, and time-dependent tendon losses. Finally, you will perform PSC girder design checks according to CSA S6-19. By completing this quest, you will learn how to: - Manually model a PSC composite integral bridge - Create abutments, pile caps, piles, diaphragms, and cross beams - Define abutment springs, pile springs, and temporary supports - Apply prestress, temperature, earth-pressure, and Canadian moving loads - Simulate staged construction and composite section activation - Evaluate long-term behavior and tendon losses - Perform CSA S6-19 PSC flexural design checks
Materials
Requirements
- Submit the model file based on the attached tutorial
- Submit a document with screenshots for deformation, forces & stresses
- Submit the design report for girder, abutment and pier generate using midas Civil NX