Vehicles

 

 

 

Enter vehicle load.

 

 

 

From the Main Menu select Load > Moving Load Analysis Data > Vehicles.

 

Select Moving Load Analysis > Vehicles in the Menu tab of the Tree Menu.

 

 

 

Vehicle dialog box

 

To enter new or additional vehicle loads

 

Click to enter vehicle loads.

 

 

To modify previously entered vehicle loads

 

Select the vehicle loads to be modified in the dialog box and click .

 

 

To delete previously entered vehicle loads

 

Select the vehicle load to be deleted in the dialog box and click .

 

Define user defined vehicular load dialog box

Load Type

 

Enter the type of vehicle loads.

 

Truck / Lane: Concentrated axle loads or traffic lane loads

 

Train Load: Train Loads

 

 

Vehicular Load Name

 

Enter the name of a vehicle.

 

 

Truck Load

 

Enter the concentrated wheel axle loads and spacings.

 

P: Concentrated loads

 

D: Spacings between concentrated loads

 

: Add the entered concentrated loads.

 

: Insert a concentrated load at a specified position.

 

: Modify the magnitude or spacing of the concentrated loads previously selected in the list.

 

: Delete the selected loads from the list of previously entered concentrated loads.

 

 

Lane Load

 

Enter traffic lane loads.

 

w: Distributed traffic lane load

 

PL: Concentrated traffic lane load used to calculate member forces

 

PLM: Concentrated traffic lane load used for moment calculations

 

PLV: Concentrated traffic lane load used for shear force calculations

 

 

Train Load

 

Enter train loads.

 

dW1~2: Distributed traffic lane load

 

dD1~2: Spacing between the distributed traffic lane load and concentrated load (Refer to diagram)

 

P: Concentrated traffic lane load (Enter in Load)

 

D: Spacing between concentrated traffic loads (Enter in Distance)