What’s New in LEAP CONSPLICE SELECTSeries2, v01.03.00.03
Updates to comply with AASHTO LRFD 6th edition
- Effective flange width
- Concrete material property calculations
- Time-dependent creep and shrinkage
- Modulus of elasticity & unit weight
- Relaxation loss calculation
- Resistance factor with partial prestress ratio removed
- Cracking moment Mcr
- Minimum steel reinforcement
- Modulus of rupture
Features per California Amendments
- Permit trucks P5 to P15 to the Vehicle Library
- Beam Library to add specific I-Beams & U-Beams
- Caltrans standard cross sections of I-beams, Bulb Tee, and Wide-Flange girders
- Caltrans fatigue truck
- Effective flange width
- Limits on debonded strands
- Fatigue I Limit State
- Strength II Limit State
- Default Design Parameter values per Caltrans Amendments
- Skew correction factors to live load distribution factors
Additional new features and updates
- Deck pouring sequence
- FL, CO Permit Trucks added to the Vehicle Library
- FL, OH Legal Trucks added to the Vehicle Library
- Warning message if user’s custom cross section is not included in the existing library
- Expanded custom cross section details
- Optional Modified Compression Field Theory (MCFT) Table Method and Simplified Method for shear design
- Option to use reduced web width in shear design
- Option to define the initial tendon pull
- Option to select tendon duct type
- Live load analysis report now includes the dynamic load allowance and distribution factors
- Primary and Secondary Moment reports
- Detailed moment capacity report
- Updated GUI for:
- Design Parameters dialog
- Concrete Material dialog
- Loads and load combination definition
- P/T Tendon dialog
- Girder Layout dialog
Upgrading from LEAP CONSPLICE v01.02.xx.xx or older
If you are using electronic security (Crypkey) for your LEAP Software product, please kill the license (File/Security/Kill License Tab). Make a note of the kill confirmation code, it is required prior to activating your Bentley LEAP application. Make a backup copy of any library files which you may have modified and uninstall your previous CONSPLICE installation. Now install the LEAP CONSPLICE application and follow the instructions to activate the product following the detailed instructions in the read1st.htm file in your installation files folder.
Getting Help
If you encounter any problems while installing the software, please contact our Technical Support department at (800) 778-4277 or via the web at http://www.bentley.com/serviceticketmanager.
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