PGSuper.com Newsletter

09/06/2012: This newsletter brings news from two fronts. We've just released two new tutorials on PGSuper.com about major new products:

BridgeSight is Proud to Introduce PGSuper Professional!

Come see us in Booth #103 at the 2012 PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference this weekend (9/29-10/02) in Nashville, TN. We're there to discuss PGSuper and give away some free stuff!

Version 2.6 of PGSuper was released last week. This release includes several updates and some usefule new features, such as

• Support for AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, 6th Edition 2012
• Support for extended prestressing strands
• Options for negative moment calculations
• Updated engineering calculations

Check out the new features in our tutorial paper at:  http://www.pgsuper.com/drupal/TrainingHome

News Release - December  1, 2011 - BridgeSight Software signs contract with the Kansas Department of Transportation Bridge Division to customize the open source girder design program PGSuper to fit KDOT's needs for LRFD precast/prestressed girder design. When completed, KDOT will have a custom girder design program that is tailored to meet their needs at a fraction of the cost to develop software from scratch.

WSDOT posted PGSuper Version 2.5 yesterday. It can be downloaded from
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov\eesc\bridge\software
 
This release contains many new features, but probably the most  important are new capabilities for designing and reporting for multiple beams simultaneously. Users can now select multiple beams in a bridge to be designed, and streamlined multi-beam spec check results give you the power to easily compare results. Below is a list of some of the more important new features.
 

PGSuper.com Newsletter - July 20, 2011

We just added a new PGSuper configuration to make it easier for engineers working on MoDOT projects to use PGSuper. The configuration includes the most common precast I sections used by MoDOT including:

PGSuper.com Newsletter - April 26, 2011

We just added a new PGSuper configuration to make it easier for CalTrans engineers to use PGSuper. The configuration includes the most common precast secions used by CalTrans including:

• Wide Flange Girders (all shapes)
• Bulb Tee Girders with Debonded Strands (all shapes)
• I-Girders (all shapes)
• Bath Tub Girders (all shapes)
• Slab Girders

Find more information at:

http://www.pgsuper.com/CalTrans

This new tutorial demonstrates how to model a touch shoring construction scenario with PGSuper. Touch shoring is used to support precast girders during deck placement to reduce the final stresses in the composite deck and girder system.

The tutorial is available at http://www.pgsuper.com/drupal/content/modeling-touch-shoring-pgsuper

PGSuper.com Newsletter - February 22, 2011

We just added a new PGSuper configuration to make it easier for Kansas DOT engineers to use PGSuper. The configuration includes  common I Beam sections used by KDOT. Find more information at:

http://www.pgsuper.com/KDOT

Note that you must be running PGSuper 2.4.2 or later to use the KDOT configurations.

About DOT Configurations

Enhancements made in PGSuper Version 2.4 include support for modeling lightweight concrete. Engineers can now define both the girder and deck concrete as normal weight, sand lightweight, or all lightweight concrete. This new tutorial describes how to model lightweight concrete material properties in PGSuper.

The tutorial is available at http://www.pgsuper.com/content/modeling-lightweight-concrete-pgsuper

PGSuper.com Newsletter - July 29, 2010

We just added a new PGSuper configuration to make it easier for Oregon DOT engineers to use PGSuper. The configuration includes all common I Beam sections used by ODOT.

http://www.pgsuper.com/Oregon

About DOT Configurations

WSDOT and TxDOT engineers know how easy it can be to design precast girders using PGSuper. Preset configurations put predefined girder sections, standards, and design policies just a few mouse clicks away.