Outline

Introduction to
CSiBridge
Official tutorials Installation Example
Yifan Zhu

BEST (the Bridge Engineering Software and Technology)

Center
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland

Official tutorials - CSi Knowledge

Official tutorials
base:
• CSi Knowledge base:
https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/csibridge/Home
• CSiBridge Tutorials:
https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/tutorials/CSiBridge
https://www.csiamerica.com/products/csibridge/watch-
and-learn
• Manuals:
…\Computers and Structures\CSiBridge 2017\Manuals\...
• Resources
…

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Official tutorials - CSiBridge
Official tutorials- Manuals
Tutorials

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Official tutorials Installation and licenses

Follow the instructions to install

the software (email from Dr. Ye)

When using the software:

• Connect to the Internet
• No more than 10 users at
the same time

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 Example – Demo (Screen
Example
Recording)
• Concrete deck on 5 steel girders composite bridge
• Girder spacing = 6 ft and edge distances = 3 ft

• Concrete Floor:
Density 2400kg/m3 (150 lb/ft3),
Modulus of Elasticity=2.4X1010 N/m2 (3480 ksi).
Width= 30 ft, Depth=8 in, Length=60 ft, Poison Ratio=0.2.
• Steel Girders:
W21X166
Modulus of Elasticity 200X109 N/m2 (29,000 ksi),
Poison Ratio=0.3,
Density=7850 kg/m3(490 lb/ft3).

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Example – New case Example – Layout

Units

Create a new blank case

Layout line should equal
or longer than your bridge
length

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Example – Components Example – Bridge
Material
properties

Span length/
Supports

(Girder) Section Bridge section

properties

preview Details

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Example – Update Example – 3D Beam element

Single beam element

(equivalent beam)

3D Shell element

Mesh size

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Example – 3D Shell-Beam
Example – 3D mixed elements
elements

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Example – 3D Shell elements Example – Boundary Conditions

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 Example – Analysis options Example – Run analysis

The fundamental
frequency should
be vertical bending

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Example – Frequencies Example – Frequencies

verification verification

Spine Model / Beam element 22 Area Model / Shell-Frame elements 23

 Example – Frequencies Example – Frequencies
verification verification

Area Model / Shell-Mixed elements 24 Area Model / Shell-Shell elements 25

Example – Hand calculations Example – Hand calculations

N=n= 8.33
Unit
Section A db Adb d Ad2 I0 Material Density Area weight
Slab 69.15 26.52 1833.45 6.30 2742.03 368.79 (lb/ft)
Haunch 0.02 23.19 0.52 2.97 0.20 0.00 Concrete 150 lb/ft3 20 ft 2 3000
Top Steel 490 lb/ft3 1.6945 ft2 830.305
flange 16.86 21.82 367.97 1.60 43.29 2.60
Web 14.84 11.25 166.89 -8.97 1193.05 483.68 W=(3000+830.305)/12=319.192 lb/in
Bot
flange 16.86 0.68 11.47 -19.54 6437.42 2.60
117.73 2380.30 10415.99 857.67

ybot= 20.22 in ytop= 2.28 in

Ix=I0+Ad2
5 '( )
= 11260.40 in4 Stopc = 967.10 in3 ∆= = 0.6832 01
384 *+
Sbot = 557.61 in3 Stop = 4939.81 in3
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Qslab= 433.36 in3 23 = ＝0.18 = 4.28 78
2 '( ) ∆

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