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SAP2000 FEATURES
Overview
SAP2000 Features
Technology
Modeling
  Analysis

- Buckling
- Large Displacements
- Frequency Domain
- Nonlinear Material Behavior

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Bridges
Steel Framed Structures
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Light Gauge Construction
Staged Construction
Offshore Structures

    SAP2000 BRIDGE MODULE (Requires Plus or Higher)  
    SAP2000 is available in three different levels: Basic (B), Plus (P) and Advanced (A). Different add-on modules are also available: Bridge (BR), Offshore/wave (OS), Staged Construction (SC). A letter in parenthesis following a feature identifies the version(s) that are associated with it.
 
   


PARAMETRIC BRIDGE MODELING
• Bridge Wizard with Step by Step Guidance to Create a Bridge Model
• Parametric Bridge Model Templates
• Highway Layout Lines Definition using Horizontal & Vertical Curves
• Super Elevations and Skews
• Parametric Cross Sections – Box Girders & Steel Composites
• Cross Sections May Vary Along Bridge Length
• Parametric Post Tensioning Tendon Layout for Box Girders
• Abutments with User Defined Support Conditions
• Bents with Single or Multiple Columns
• Hinges
• Layered Shell Element
• Lane Definition Using Highway Layout or Frame Objects
• Automatic Application of Lane Loads to Bridge
• Predefined Vehicle and Train Loads

BRIDGE DESIGN OPTIONS
• Moving Loads with 3D Influence Surface
• Moving Loads with Multi-Step Analysis
• Lane Width Effects
• P/T Concrete Box Girder Design
• Composite Steel Deck Bridge Design
• Straight & Curved Girder Design
• AASHTO, LFD & LRFD and BS 5400-2 Codes
• Dynamic Effects of Moving Loads

BRIDGE RESULTS & OUTPUT
• Influence Lines and Surfaces
• Forces and Stresses Along and Across Bridge
• Displacement Plots
• Graphical and Tabulated Outputs

ADVANCED ANALYSIS OPTIONS (Requires Advanced)
• Segmental Construction (SC)
• Include the Effects of Creep, Shrinkage Relaxation
• Pushover Analysis using Fiber Models
• Bridge Base Isolation and Dampers
• Explicitly Model Contact Across Gaps
• Nonlinear Large Displacement Cable Analysis
• Line and Surface Multi-Linear Springs (P-y curves)
• High Frequency Blast Dynamics using Wilson FNA
• Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis & Buckling Analysis
• Multi-Support Seismic Excitation
• Animated Views of Moving Loads