LEAP Bridge Concrete CONNECT Edition V18 (v18.00.00.34) is now available to all users on Bentley Software Downloads. This release contains enhancements and bug fixes.
Major Enhancements
- Concurrent loads in shear/torsion design
- LBC now offers an option for shear and torsion design check for substructure using the maximum shear with concurrent torsion, and the maximum torsion with concurrent shear.
- Extension of Response Spectrum Analysis
- Support Canadian CHBDC code
- Support static live load
- Seismic reports in enhanced format
- Extension of the new graphic engine of the 3D viewer for
- Main module
- Precast/Prestressed Girder module
- Pennsylvania option for the State Specifications
- Compliance with PennDOT DM-4 (phase I)
- Skew angle reported in PennDOT format
- Support design live load PHL-93
- Support permit live load P-82
- Dynamic load allowance for permit live load
- No reduction in load distribution factor of moment for skewed bridges
Additional Enhancements
- Intraoperability with OpenBridge Modeler
- Stepped cap pier
- Support different material properties of column and drilled shaft
- Modified definition of H-pile
- An option to use equal shear force distribution in shear design
- Vertical wind load auto-generation per FDOT SDG
- GUI cleaning for dead and vertical soil pressure loads
- Live load generation details in final design reports
- New input for material property of drilled shaft
- End diaphragm design for India market
For the detailed release notes, see the attached PDF file.