PURPOSE: UTrAp 2.0 is intended to perform both linear analyses and linearized buckling analyses of straight or curved steel trapezoidal box-girder bridges under construction loading. The program is able to model the partially-composite behavior due to concrete curing during the bridge deck pours. UTrAp 2.0 is limited to elastic analyses, and does not account for nonlinear material behavior. There are no limits on stresses in the girder, which may therefore exceed the yield stress. In order for the UTrAp analysis to be valid care must be taken by the designer to ensure that the bridge remains elastic under the given loading.
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