Vehicles

Enter vehicle load. Standard vehicle is not supported. Only the user-defined vehicles are available.

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)