FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CES-5325 / CGN-4930 Design of Highway Bridges - Spring Term 2005

Professor L. A. Prieto-Portar

Homework No. 2 (15 points)

(due on Thursday, 24 February)

Replicate the hand-calculations performed for the design of a reinforced concrete deck shown in
Example 3.1 (Lecture #07 – Design of Concrete Deck Slabs) with an Excel spreadsheet.

Keep all the design parameters the same, in order to assure yourself of the spreadsheet’s accuracy.

Extra points will be given for (1) ease of use, and (2) figures and diagrams used in the lecture, in
order to identify the meaning of each parameter, and visualize the problem.