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Please follow the instructions provided below to add the End Bent

1

Navigate to Pier > End/Interior Bent

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Click three-dots icon on the Location cell and select SL1 & SL4

By making this selection, the placement of the End Bent is determined.

3

Given that EB1 and EB2 (EndBent) are identical, it is necessary to input the same parameter values for both.

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4

Click three-dots icon on the Straight - Tapered Section / Length Section cell and click Edit.

5

Click three-dots icon on the Start Section cell and click Select for EB1 (1st End Bent ).

Select "EBSec" as the Starting Section.

Also click three-dots icon on the End Section cell and click Select.

Select "EBSec" as the End Section.

 

Enter Section Length as 45 along Y-Y starting from right .

6

Navigate back to General tab, assign Slope Option as Alignment.

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Enter Top Elevation Offset from Alignment [ft] value as in the figure

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Navigate to FEM tab and select a section for Rigid Section.

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The OpenBrIM App automatically select the "RigidSection" object that was defined in the previous step to other objects (such as End Bent, Pier Cap, etc.) that are created for utilization.

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Navigate to End Bent under Pier on the tree view.

Copy End Bent from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.

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Completed pier cap is illustrated below.

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End Bent

General

FEM

Code Block
EB1	SL1	[[540, EBSec, EBSec]]	Alignment	N/A	-9.00	0.00	0.00	Straight-Tapered
EB2	SL4	[[540, EBSec, EBSec]]	Alignment	N/A	-9.00	0.00	0.00	Straight-Tapered
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EB1	Yes	RigidSection	[]	0.00
EB2	Yes	RigidSection	[]	0.00

Section Data

Straight - Tapered Section / Length for EB1

Straight - Tapered Section / Length for EB2

Code Block
[[540, EBSec, EBSec]]
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[[540, EBSec, EBSec]]