Pier Caps [EX1-STG]
- mert.goktas (Unlicensed)
Please follow the instructions provided below to add the pier cap.
| 1 | Navigate to Pier > Pier Cap | 
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| 2 | Click three-dots icon on the Location cell and select two support line (Pier2 & Pier3) according to project. | |
| 3 | The "Prismatic" section type selection will remain constant. | 
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| 4 | Click three-dots icon on the Prismatic Section cell and click Edit. | |
| 5 | Click three-dots icon on the Start Section cell and click Select for PC1 (1st Pier Cap). Select "HammerHeadSec" as the Starting Section. Also click three-dots icon on the End Section cell and click Select. Select "HammerHeadSec" as the End Section.
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| 6 | Enter Section Length as 63 along Y-Y starting from right . |
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| 7 | Repeat the same steps from 2 to 5 for PC2 (2nd Pier Cap) as in the figure. Enter Section Length as 17 and 20 along Y-Y starting from right . |
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| 8 | Navigate back to pier cap, set Slope Option as Alignment. |
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| 9 | Enter Top Elevation Offset from Alignment [ft] value. | |
| 10 | Enter Transverse Offset [ft] value. | |
| 11 | Go to FEM tab and select a section for Rigid Section. |
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Go to Pier Cap under Pier on the tree view. |
Copy End Bent from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM. |
Go to FEM under Pier on the tree view. |
Copy FEM data from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM. |
The Pier Caps that have been created are illustrated below.
Pier Cap | |
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Pier Cap | FEM |
PC1 Pier2 Prismatic [[756, HammerHeadSec, HammerHeadSec]] NULL 40 Alignment 0.2 -9 -15
PC2 Pier3 Prismatic [[204, HalfHammerHeadSec2, HalfHammerHeadSec2],[240, HalfHammerHeadSec2, HalfHammerHeadSec1]] HammerHeadSec 40 Alignment 0.2 -9 0 | PC1 Yes RigidSection []
PC2 Yes RigidSection [] |
Section Data | |
Prismatic Section for PC1 | Prismatic Section for PC2 |
63 HammerHeadSec HammerHeadSec | |