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Summary of Revisions for BRADD Version 3.1.6.0

1. was also changed to include if it was created the new single PDF file of the BRADD generated design files BRADD User Manual section titled BRADD EXPORT FILE was updated to reflect these revisions VI 3943 The Concrete End Diaphragm Weight calculation was revised to use the beam spacing measured along the skew minus the beam width measured along the skew Previously the calculation used the beam width measured perpendicular to the centerline of beam and did not use the beam width measured along the skew This sometimes lead to a heavier Concrete End Diaphragm Weight Also the FULL DEPTH END DIAPHRAGM detail was revised to draw the beam using the skewed beam width VI 3944 The option under Tools Options Design Quantities to format the LRFD input files for the PennDOT Engineering Assistant program has been fixed Previously this option did not work VI 3945 The calculation of the total number of vertical bars in the barrier has been corrected for bridges with a single wingwall panel with a barrier mounted on top VI 3946 The SECTION THRU END DIAPHRAGM details for bridges with Integral Abutments were revised to properly show the deck reinforcement and the scale of the details was increased to clarify the location of the deck reinforcement VI 3948 An adjustment has been made when BRADD starts to always display a regular sized window Previously if BRADD was minimized when it was last closed the it would start in a minimized
2. and middle bar and then called out the total number of bars which often did not match the number drawn VI 3883 The notes on the BEARING DETAILS drawing were moved up to eliminate interference with the title block VI 3884 The calculation was corrected for the number of S7 deck slab bars for deck slabs with acute corners and fanned bars VI 3885 The SLAB SECTION REINFORCEMENT detail was revised to properly locate the 1 CLR dimension from the bottom of the slab to the bottom transverse slab reinforcement bar VI 3887 A minor cosmetic revision made to the SOLE PLATE DETAILS detail VI 3889 The TYPICAL SECTION AT ABUTMENT detail was revised to display C L DIAPHRAGM in place of C L BRG amp C L DIAPHRAGM when the diaphragm is offset from the centerline of bearing Also the Designer Note wording was revised from 4 DIAPHRAGM WIDTH to DIAPHRAGM WIDTH when the top member of the steel diaphragm is a channel beam VI 3890 3892 The STAKE OUT PLAN detail was revised to place the NOTE concerning stations of work points located off the bridge even if only the work point coordinates appear in the WORK POINT table Previously the NOTE would only appear if work point stations appear in the WORK POINT table VI 3894 The SLAB REINFORCING PLAN detail was revised to display the dimension between the centerline of roadway to the tangent line as a positive number for bridges with a negative horizontal radius Previousl
3. to 0 should be made If a Bearing design is unsuccessful then the Initial Beam Camber for Dap Design input value should be increased by 0 5 increments until the Bearing and Superstructure design successfully If the Superstructure does not design after this value has been increased up to 2 then it is recommended to use a Sole Plate rather than a Beam Dap VI 3911 The Overhang Warning check for interference between the abutment and fascia girder has been moved until after instead of before the superstructure has been designed This change ensures the Overhang Warning message will only appear when required and the overhang dimensions printed in the message will be accurate because they will be based on the final flange width VI 3912 Corrections have been made to the calculation of the pile spacings that appear on the BRADD drawings Also two output tables have been added to the Substructure Quantity output file to document the pile spacing values obtained from ABLRFD design runs and those that are adjusted and placed on the drawings Previously the pile spacings computed occasionally would not correspond to the ABLRFD design output Also the minimum pile spacing of 3 0 was not being honored VI 3913 The following revisions were made regarding Bearing Seat Slopes VI 3916 3917 a The BEAM SEAT DETAIL has been revised for Superstructure Only type superstructures so the beams will be drawn to the proper slope Previously the be
4. warning message that for box beams So is measured from the centerline of the web The variable So was added to the overhang input name on the Framing Plan Design Limits menu and the menu help was updated to refer to So and to document where the overhang is measured from VI 3781 The SECTION THRU FULL DEPTH END DIAPHRAGMS details were revised to show the correct diaphragm reinforcement for prestress beams with no backwall for the case of with a paving notch and the case of without a paving notch VI 3798 The View Files windows that are accessed from either the Design Quantities menu or the Generate menu were enhanced to allow the highlighted file to be opened by pressing the lt ENTER gt key on the keyboard VI 3799 For prestress beam superstructures the BEAM ELEVATION detail and the STRUCTURE PLAN AT END OF BEAM detail were revised to display the dimension for the width of either the paving notch or the beam notch whichever applies If the input has been set indicating there is a paving 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 notch then the dimension will be labeled as paving notch otherwise it will be labeled as beam notch VI 3807 An issue was fixed to prevent a crash that could occur during the Superstructure Quantity calculations of Steel Beam superstructures containing short beams with Intermediate Diaphragms VI 3819 Deck corners on the SLAB REINFORCING PLAN for Adjace
5. window VI 3949 For prestress l beam bridges with a vertical clearance less than 16 feet BRADD was revised to use a new bar mark for the Intermediate Diaphragm Stirrup U Bars at the Fascia Bay to account for the increased height of the Intermediate Diaphragm at the Fascia Bay VI 3951 For Adjacent Box Beam superstructures Bearing Seat Elevations for Points A D were added to the ABUTMENT BEARING SEAT LOCATION ELEVATION AND ELEVATION TABLE Points A D are located midway between the Adjacent Box Beams away from the edge of the beam VI 3969 The waterproofing detail for abutment and wingwalls from Attachment A of Strike Off Letter 431 11 06 is now placed on the abutment drawings for High Stub and Wall abutments VI 3992 The following is a list of reported program limitations that are being considered for future development 1 Revise BRADD to use the actual net camber instead of the maximum net camber when computing the deck thickness for adjacent box beam superstructures Modifications for a more user friendly Generate Tab VI 2207 Incorporate Integral Abutment substructure drawings quantities VI 3426 Add Steel Splice design drafting to BRADD using SPLRFD VI 2689 3902 Add Composite Precast Channel Beams as a superstructure type in BRADD VI 3903
6. D makes for the input required of the BPLRFD EXP and LLR commands VI 3755 The FULL DEPTH DIAPHRAGM AT ABUTMENT section detail was revised to show the 1 1 haunch slope between the concrete slab and the end diaphragm regardless if a paving notch exists Previously the details did not show the 1 1 haunch slope if there was no paving notch on an abutment with no backwall VI 3756 The SLAB SECTION detail was revised to make the profile of the S7 bars follow the slopes of the top of deck slab Previously the S7 bars were drawn as a straight line which would sometimes cause them to stick out of the top of deck slab depending on the cross slopes VI 3759 The Abutment Section C C detail was revised to callout the bar marks for the horizontal backwall reinforcement on both the left and right side of the detail Also the horizontal backwall reinforcement length has been extended into the abutment corners by a distance equal to the minimum development length of the bar VI 3763 The Abutment Section B B detail was revised to show and callout the horizontal stem reinforcement VI 3764 The typical SLAB SECTION detail was revised to call out the top longitudinal slab reinforcement on the right overhang when the left and right overhang distances are not the same VI 3772 Revised the Overhang Warning Messages in the Superstructure Controller output file to refer to the overhang So variable defined on BD 601M and added a reference in the
7. EAM detail was revised because the top and bottom flange outlines would sometimes be drawn incorrectly VI 3914 For Steel Beam Superstructures the calculation of the Maximum Total DL Reaction for elastomeric bearing pads was corrected Previously this calculation was incorrectly adding twice the Future Wearing Surface load VI 3921 For Spread Box Beam Superstructures the calculation of the End Block Weight was corrected to use the actual End Block length rather than an estimated End Block length In addition the End Block Weight output table in the Superstructure Controller output file and the User Manual Section titled End Block Weight were updated to reflect these changes VI 3936 Documentation was revised for the BRADD User Manual Section 6 2 1 Haunch Depth for Section Properties parameter on the PSLRFD SLB command to explain why BRADD enters 0 for this parameter VI 3937 Adjustments were made to BRADD to prevent a crash while generating the SLAB REINFORCING PLAN detail for a specific Spread Box Beam superstructure that had a horizontal curve and a sharp skew angle VI 3938 3939 The BRADD Export Job operation was revised to no longer include PDF files created from the BRADD output files This was done to minimize the size of the BRT file and because it is redundant to include both the PDF files and the text output in the BRT file The BRADD Export Job operation 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
8. L REIN detail and the SECTION A A detail were revised to use correct dimensions for the box beam void Previously the box beam void was not drawn to scale in these details VI 3876 The STAKE OUT PLAN detail was revised to locate the arc origins at the same point for both the left and right curved wingwwalls of a U Wing abutment with a horizontal curve VI 3877 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 The Abutment FOOTING PLAN detail was revised for U Wing Abutments with sharp skews to properly locate the transverse wingwall reinforcement Sometimes the transverse bar would be located in the wrong location causing the bar to stick out of the footing VI 3878 Documentation for the size and spacing of abutment wingwall stem reinforcement was added to the User Manual in the Summary of Size and Spacing of Substructure Reinforcement table VI 3880 A minor reinforcement labeling issue was corrected on the Abutment ELEVATION VIEW detail VI 3881 The END DIAPHRAGM LAYOUT detail was revised to properly locate the lines for the top flange Under certain cases the top flange lines would extend into the end diaphragm This detail is only used for prestress I beam superstructures with abutments with no backwalls VI 3882 The FULL DEPTH END DIAPHRAGM FIXED END ABUTMENT detail was revised to only show the first and last dowel bar Previously this detail always showed 3 dowel bars first last
9. SUMMARY OF NOVEMBER 2011 REVISIONS VERSION 3 1 6 0 Since the release of BRADD Version 3 1 5 0 several problem reports and user perfective maintenance requests have been received This release of BRADD Version 3 1 6 0 contains the following revisions 10 11 Version 2 0 0 0 of PennDOT STLRFD was incorporated into BRADD VI 3595 3736 Version 1 5 0 0 of PennDOT BPLRFD was incorporated into BRADD VI 3732 Version 1 10 0 0 of PennDOT ABLRFD was incorporated into BRADD VI 3733 3966 Version 2 5 0 0 of PennDOT PSLRFD was incorporated into BRADD VI 3737 3967 Design Manual Part 4 DM 4 Pub 15M September 2007 Edition Dual Unit Includes Change 1 was incorporated into BRADD This update included the addition of a new table titled NOTES FOR PILE INSTALLATION INFORMATION to the General Notes sheet as specified in DM 4 Part A Section 1 7 5 2 VI 3870 Updated BRADD for the September 2010 Release of the BD Standard Drawings VI 3926 through 3933 The October 2010 Release of the BC Standard Drawings were included in BRADD However no changes to BRADD calculations or drawings were required VI 3599 Updated BRADD for the June 2010 Release of the RC Standard Drawings VI 3907 BRADD was enhanced to provide an option to generate a single PDF file from a Microstation DGN set This new option which is documented in User Manual Section 7 B APPENDIX B is only available if BRADD is configured to run with Microstation V8i ve
10. VI 3655 The bar mark for dowel bars has been moved from the SUPERSTRUCTURE REBAR SCHEDULE to the ABUTMENT REBAR SCHEDULE sheet VI 3678 For bridges with High Stub or Wall abutments the Lap Length note for the longitudinal barrier reinforcement bars shown on the Barrier Plan details has been reworded for clarity The BRADD User Manual Section named Determining Splices for Longitudinal Reinforcement in Barriers and Deck Slabs was updated to include information on how lap length for splices of longitudinal deck slab reinforcement is computed VI 3689 Various reinforcement bar adjustments were made for the rear face bars in the Abutment Section detail These adjustments were made to resolve issues that could arise for short height abutments VI 3698 BRADD was revised to not compute the end block weight when Prestress Plank Beams are used VI 3714 A fix was made to the BRADD graphical user interface to activate the Click to accept review menu button after an input item has been changed using a Dialog Box Extension The Dialog Box Extensions appear as an icon shown to the left of the input field VI 3741 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 New output tables named DEAD LOAD AND LIVE LOAD MOVEMENT CALCULATIONS FOR THE BPLRFD PROGRAM and LIVE LOAD ROTATION CALCULATIONS FOR THE BPLRFD PROGRAM were added to the Superstructure Controller output file to document the intermediate calculations BRAD
11. ams always appeared vertical b Two new columns were added to the ABUTMENT BEARING SEAT LOCATION AND ELEVATION detail to show the actual Bearing Seat Slopes in the X and Y direction c Extensive revisions and additions were made to the User Manual Section titled Bearing Seat Slopes to document how the bearing seat slopes and elevations are computed by BRADD For Prestress Beams designed with a User Defined Bearing BRADD has been enhanced to provide a new option to automatically design the Dap The option to manually enter the Dap dimensions still exists Previously BRADD always required the Dap dimensions to be entered for User Defined Bearings VI 3918 A new TABLE OF TOP OF BEAM ELEVATIONS and a new TABLE OF BOTTOM OF BEAM ELEVATIONS were added to the Geometry output file and the BRADD drawings In addition the DECK ELEVATIONS AT 1 10 POINTS ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF BEAM table that appears in the BRADD drawings was added to the Geometry output file VI 3919 For prestress I beam superstructures the STANDARD BEAM ELEVATION detail was revised to detail the confinement reinforcement 404 bars in only the end third of the span as shown in BD 662M Sheets 1 and 2 Previously the 404 bars were detailed over the entire length of the span VI 3934 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 The Abutment Footing Plan details were revised to draw the Wingwall Footing longitudinal reinforcement ext
12. ension into the Abutment Footing to the proper length VI 3311 The BRADD User Manual Section 3 titled Bearing Seat Width was updated to include information on how the bearing seat width is computed for Prestressed Adjacent Box Beams VI 3439 The BRADD Menu Help for the Project ID input menu was updated to describe how the input values are used to fill in the Title Block for the drawings Specifically documentation was added to indicate what additional text BRADD will add to the input value when the Title Block is created VI 3532 The ELEVATION detail was shifted so it lines up properly with the GENERAL PLAN detail An adjustment was made to the TRANSVERSE SLAB REINFORCEMENT details to eliminate a callout containing duplicate bar marks VI 3633 As per Note 16 on BD 621M Sheet 1 a Chief Bridge Engineer Warning is now printed when the stem height is less than 12 feet for Type II HIGH Abutments or for Type STUB Abutments when the stem height is greater than 12 feet Also the Bearing Seat Slope has been changed to 1 in 1 ft per BD 621M Sheet 1 and a 2 CLR TYP callout from the side of the footing to the seismic footing bar has been added to the TYPICAL ABUTMENT SECTION details VI 3654 As required per a note on BD 655M Sheet 2 a new TABLE OF DECK SLAB THICKNESSES was added to the BRADD drawings showing the deck slab thickness at the intersection of the centerline of each beam and the centerline of bearings
13. nt Beam Superstructures have been updated to match the dimensions shown in the ACUTE SLAB CORNER CUTOFF detail VI 3840 The embedment length into the abutment of the vertical cheekwall bars has been adjusted to consider that these bars are epoxy coated VI 3844 3974 The INTERMEDIATE DIAPHRAGM detail was revised because under certain geometry configurations the diagonal lines were drawn improperly VI 3856 The SLAB SECTION REINFORCEMENT detail was revised to eliminate duplicate bar marks that would sometimes appear VI 3860 The APPROACH SLAB PLAN detail that is placed for bridges with Integral Abutments was revised as follows VI 3861 a Begin and End Stations were added b A splice dimension was added to the approach slab transverse reinforcement c An arrow and label END OF APPR SLAB was added d Adimension of the curb width was added Revisions were made to the STRUCTURE PLAN AT END OF BEAM detail to correct issues with the detail for the bridges with a sharp skew angle VI 3868 The TYPICAL STRAND PATTERN detail was revised to show the strands in the web of box beams Also when Plank Beams are specified the first Note concerning strands in the web has been removed from the detail VI 3874 3896 The scales of the GENERAL PLAN detail and the ELEVATION detail were adjusted to ensure they are drawn at the same scale even if the details appear on two different sheets VI 3875 The PLAN BEAM END LONGITUDINA
14. rsion 8 11 or newer VI 3864 The default option for viewing BRADD design output files has been changed to view them as PDF files This change was made because Windows 7 Wordpad defaults to a font size of 11 and does not allow the default font size to be permanently changed to font size 10 thus leading to formatting issues when printing the files See User Manual Chapter 7 section titled Reviewing BRADD Text Files for additional details and instructions to revert to Wordpad for viewing the BRADD design output files VI 3989 For bridges with Prestress Beams a new output table titled Summary of BRADD Generated Shear Reinforcement Design Spacing was added to the Superstructure Controller output file This table documents for each region the vertical shear stirrup spacings that are used for the PSLRFD Analysis Runs along with corresponding adjusted vertical shear stirrup spacings that appear on the drawings Because of this new output table the SHEAR STIRRUP SPACING output printed to the 12 13 14 15 16 Superstructure Quantity output file for prestress l beam bridges has been removed VI 3901 3808 3809 For bridges with Prestress Beams four new output tables titled Vertical Shear Reinforcement From PSLRFD Design Runs Horizontal Shear Reinforcement from PSLRFD Design Runs Vertical Shear Reinforcement for PSLRFD Analysis Runs and Horizontal Shear Reinforcement for PSLRFD Analysis Runs were added to the Superst
15. ructure Controller output file These tables document for each beam the vertical and horizontal shear stirrup spacings from the PSLRFD Design Runs the controlling vertical and horizontal shear spacings that will be used for all beams and the vertical and horizontal shear spacings used for the PSLRFD Analysis Runs VI 3841 The following revisions were made to the prestress l beam vertical stirrup spacing design and detailing VI 3906 a As specified in BD 662M Sheet 1 Note 17 the 3 spacing for the bursting zone vertical stirrup bar 401 shown on the drawings was adjusted to extend as long as required by design b For regions beyond the 1 5 D location the vertical shear stirrup spacing will use the minimum design stirrup spacing within the region c BRADD User s Manual Section titled Prestressed Concrete Spread l Beams Horizontal and Vertical Shear Stirrup Spacing was updated to reflect these revisions For bridges with Prestress Beams if any of the designed beams have a beam size designation that is different than the critical beam then the beam with the different beam size designation is reanalyzed with PSLRFD using the Shear Design option and using the beam size designation of the critical beam The minimum vertical shear stirrup spacings from all PSLRFD Design Runs and from all PSLRFD Analysis Runs for Shear Design for the same beam size designation as the critical beam are used to determine the controlling values that will be
16. used for the vertical shear stirrup spacings A new output table titled Vertical Shear Reinforcement from PSLRFD Analysis Runs for Shear Design has been added to the Superstructure Controller output file to summarize the results VI 3915 The Detailed Dapping Design output report in the Superstructure Controller output file has been revised and reformatted to print the correct values that are used by BRADD Previously BRADD would sometimes print incorrect values in the output even though correct values were used in the Dapping calculations and on the design drawings VI 3940 For Steel Beam bridges BRADD was enhanced to make an additional check to determine the beam with the maximum total factored reaction If the beam with the maximum total factored reaction is different than the critical beam then an Analysis Run of the beam with the maximum total factored reaction is performed using the critical beam section properties The bearing stiffener is then designed based on the results of this Analysis Run If the additional Analysis Run is not required then the bearing stiffener design is based on the results of the critical beam Design Run VI 2932 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 A new input titled Initial Beam Camber for Dap Design has been added to the Bearing input menu to provide flexibility when an Elastomeric Bearing with a Beam Dap cannot be designed An initial Superstructure design with this input value defaulted
17. y for this case the dimension would be displayed as a negative number VI 3895 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 The Box Beam SECTION A A detail on the BEAM FABRICATION DETAILS Sheet 2 was revised to include the 3 dimension between the beam void and the end block horizontal reinforcement as specified in BD 661M VI 3897 A misspelling was corrected in the callout of the 404 bars in the TYP STRAND CONFINEMENT detail for prestress l beam superstructures VI 3899 The STANDARD I BEAM ELEVATION detail was revised for Prestress Bulb Tee Beams by removing the second arrowhead from the leader line for the top flange longitudinal 405 bars VI 3900 A correction was made to the logic in determining when to place the Designer Note on the TYPICAL SECTION detail for staged construction bridges to indicate the construction joint does not lie along the top of a beam Previously the Designer Note would get placed for spread beam superstructures when it should not have VI 3905 For superstructures with HIGH STUB or WALL Abutments the Beam Notch depth for 17 Adjacent Box Beams was changed from 6 to 4 5 to match Table A on Sheet 8 of BD 661M VI 3908 For Prestressed Bulb Tee Beam Superstructures with Integral Abutments two details were corrected The STANDARD BEAM ELEVATION detail was corrected so the Prestressed Bulb Tee Beam will always be drawn with no beam notch And the STRUCTURE PLAN AT END OF B

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