V1.

Moment and shear envelopes

Truck definition

Number of axles
3

Axle No X W
1 0.0 35.0 X is the coordinate and
2 4.3 145.0 W the weight of the axle
3 8.6 145.0 Coordinate of axle 1 is 0.0
Bridge geometry

Number of span
2

Span No L q div L is the length,

1 70 9.34 10 q uniform load and
2 70 9.34 10 div number of divisions
on a particular span
L and div must be > 0
Results

Distance Vmax Mmin Mmax No Rmin Rmax

0.00 522.5 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 522.5
7.00 417.3 0.0 3196.7 2 0.0 1141.3
14.00 313.1 0.0 5609.5 3 0.0 536.8
21.00 210.4 0.0 7028.7
28.00 109.8 0.0 7490.1
35.00 210.4 0.0 7043.4
42.00 311.0 0.0 5751.8
49.00 411.3 -719.9 3692.2
56.00 509.4 -2653.4 955.2
63.00 604.5 -5044.6 0.0
70.00 710.9 -7893.4 0.0
77.00 621.8 -5028.7 0.0
84.00 528.9 -2639.3 1047.9
91.00 432.7 -707.6 3786.5
98.00 333.7 0.0 5822.1
105.00 232.3 0.0 7067.9
112.00 129.1 0.0 7450.7
119.00 188.4 0.0 6910.7
126.00 291.7 0.0 5489.1
133.00 396.3 0.0 3248.1
140.00 536.8 0.0 0.0
 0 0
7 0
14 0
21 0
28 0
35 0
42 0
49 -719.9228
56 -2653.409
63 -5044.555
70.00001 -7893.355
77 -5028.683
84 -2639.3
91 -707.5779
98 0
105 0
112 0
119 0
126 0
133 0
140 -2.88E-11
71.85 -1122
75.2 -997.3342
78.55 -872.6674
81.9 -748.0006
85.25 -623.3339
88.6 -498.6671
91.95 -374
95.3 -249.3335
98.65 -124.6668
102 -5.17E-12
31 -119.2971
32 -95.43765
33 -71.57824
34 -47.71883
35 -23.85941
36 -1.82E-12
4.44 -1.07E-14
4.56 0
4.68 0
4.8 0
4.92 -3.55E-15
5.04 -8.88E-15
5.16 -1.42E-14
5.28 -2E-14
5.4 -2.49E-14
5.52 0
 5.64 0
5.76 0
5.88 0
6 0
6.12 0
6.24 -5.33E-15
6.36 -1.07E-14
6.48 -1.6E-14
6.6 -2.13E-14
6.72 -2.66E-14
6.84 0
6.96 0
7.08 0
7.2 0
7.32 0
7.44 -1.78E-15
7.56 -7.11E-15
7.68 -1.24E-14
7.8 -1.78E-14
7.92 -2.31E-14
8.04 0
8.16 0
8.28 -7.11E-15
8.4 -2.49E-14
8.52 0
8.64 -3.55E-15
8.76 -2.13E-14
8.88 0
9 0
9.12 -1.78E-14
9.24 0
9.36 0
9.48 -1.42E-14
9.6 0
9.72 0
9.84 -1.07E-14
9.96 -2.84E-14
10.08 0
10.2 -7.11E-15
10.32 -2.49E-14
10.44 0
10.56 0
10.68 -2.13E-14
10.8 0
10.92 -5.68E-14
11.04 -1.78E-14
11.16 0
11.28 -5.33E-14
11.4 -1.42E-14
11.52 0
 11.64 -5E-14
11.76 -1.07E-14
11.88 0
12 -4.64E-14
97.6129 -722.8496
98.3871 -677.6715
99.16129 -632.4934
99.93548 -587.3153
100.7097 -542.1372
101.4839 -496.9591
102.2581 -451.781
103.0323 -406.6029
103.8065 -361.4248
104.5806 -316.2467
105.3548 -271.0686
106.129 -225.8905
106.9032 -180.7124
107.6774 -135.5343
108.4516 -90.3562
109.2258 -45.1781
110 -7.66E-11
 0
3196.739
5609.525
7028.652
7490.066
7043.361
5751.785
3692.23
955.244
0
0
0
1047.923
3786.471
5822.103
7067.915
7450.651
6910.708
5489.132
3248.145
3.48E-13
383.8401
1135.072
1799.27
2307.725
2601.092
2629.389
2407.057
1954.679
1158.843
2.37E-11
1420.364
1227.362
1012.619
728.5032
395.5016
8.03E-13
694.86
699.96
704.34
708
710.94
714.36
719.46
723.84
727.5
730.44
732.66
734.16
734.94
735
734.34
732.96
730.86
728.04
724.5
720.24
715.26
709.56
703.14
696
688.14
679.56
670.26
663.24
658.5
652.74
645.96
638.16
629.34
619.5
610.74
603.96
596.16
587.34
577.5
566.64
554.76
541.86
527.94
513
497.04
480.06
462.06
443.04
423
401.94
379.86
356.76
332.64
307.5
281.34
254.16
225.96
196.74
166.5
135.24
 102.96
69.66
35.34
6.06E-12
1706.299
1729.27
1724.946
1692.137
1653.972
1616.864
1595.948
1548.899
1474.44
1371.38
1238.617
1075.14
919.066
734.2258
519.8688
275.3239
1.64E-11
Bridge moment envelopes

10000

8000

6000
Moment

4000

2000

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
-2000

-4000

-6000

-8000

-10000 Span
140 160
Bridge shear envelope

800.0

700.0
Shear

600.0

500.0

400.0

300.0

200.0

100.0

0.0
0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00 140.00 160.00
Span
HELP

Partial help is provided on each worksheet.

Procedure

Truck worksheet
Use the scroll bar to choose the number of axles. Input axle Xcoordinates in
ascending order beginning with 0.0 for the first axle. Input the axle weights

Bridge worksheet
Use the scroll bar to choose the number of spans. For each span, input the
span length L, uniform load q and number of divisions.

Click the compute button to run the truck

Do not forget to use consistent units throughout.

HELP - continued

Program
2 to 20 axles and 1 to 5 spans with EI constant throughout. Truck will
move from left to right with the first axle in front. Critical values of
shears (absolute values) and moments will be computed on each
division point. Total number of divisions must be less then 500.
Results and graphs are displayed on Results, MEnvelope and
VEnvelope worksheets.

Tips and tricks

Reverse the truck geometry to simulate moving from right to left.
Instead of axle loads, use wheel loads multiplied by impact and
lateral distributions factors to obtain quickly design moments, shears
and support reactions.
Use q(uniform load) to simulate lane load. Dead load or any other
uniform load may be simulated by using zero axle loads.
For a simple span, for example, AASHTO users may simulate lane
load by choosing 2 axles with the 2nd axle weight set to 0.0.
DISCLAIMER

In using this program, the user accepts and understands that no

warranty is expressed or implied by me (N. Turkkan) on the accuracy
or the reliability of the program. The users must clearly understand
the program and must verify their own results.

Please report all bugs and suggestions to :

turkkan@umoncton.ca