Making the most of Eurocodes for critical buckling analysis

• Investigations into the implications of UK engineers changing to Eurocodes for bridge design and comparison of analysis of first and second order effects for critical buckling analysis.

Semi-automated design of composite bridge decks

• User-created wizards to speed-up composite bridge deck modelling, composite cross-section property calculation, and design checking to Italian codes of practice. COMING SOON

Rail track interation analysis for the Honan high speed railway

• Evaluation of induced rail stresses and track displacements on a 1.8km long viaduct structure from rail temperature, acceleration and braking loading.

Deck segment analysis for the Gwangyang (1545) Bridge

• Linear static analysis and optimisation of steel box girder deck segments for what, when complete, will be the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the world.

Redesign of Estero Parkway Flyover

• Steel box girder redesign of a two-span bridge resulting in large construction cost savings for the client.

Advancing Segmental Bridge Technology

• Analysis and optimization of post-tensioned precast concrete bridge segments

Wichita's Riverfront Footbridges

• Staged erection analysis of two complex post-tensioned bridge structures involving 3D linear and nonlinear analysis and cable tensioning optimisation.

Michigan's I-94 Gateway Arch Bridges

• Optimization of arch profiles, vehicle load optimisation, and examination of hanger forces and stressing requirements

Automated track/bridge interaction analysis

• Fast assessment of track/bridge interaction forces in rails from thermal and in-service train loading

Suyeong Bridge No. 1

• Linear and dynamic analysis of a 3-span steel box girder road bridge

Whitacre Bridge

• Post-continuity live, earth pressure and thermal load assessments for an integral bridge replacement of an existing masonry structure

Automated Design of Railway Culverts

• Use of LUSAS scripting facilities to automate model building and design/checking of railway culverts to Italian bridge loading and reinforced concrete codes of practice

Helix Bridge, Paddington Basin

• Static analysis of a steel and glass retractable footbridge

Taiwan High Speed Railway

• Pile-soil interaction modelling and automated model building for multi-modal spectral response analysis of viaduct structures

Greenside Place Link Bridge

• Static, nonlinear buckling and natural frequency analysis of a tubular steel lattice footbridge

Watergate Bridge

• Linear and nonlinear buckling analysis and localised connection modelling for a steel arch road bridge

Neasden Lane overbridge

• Successful linear analysis re-assessment of bridge deck previously failed for 40 tonne vehicle loading

Wacker Drive - Phase 2 Reconstruction

• Replacement of beyond-life viaduct with new biaxially post-tensioned, high performance concrete slab structure requiring vehicle load optimisation for irregularly supported deck

Mississippi River Bridge

• Numerous detailed analyses including staged construction with creep and shrinkage analysis of what, if built, would have been the 5th longest cable stayed bridge in world

The Mustafa Inan Viaduct

• Linear and nonlinear dynamic study of earthquake damaged structure for potential future earthquake.

The Forsmo Bridge

• Assessment of a steel truss arch railway bridge using iterative model development from strain gauge results to assess Ultimate, Serviceability and Fatigue Limit States.

The Falkirk Wheel

• Linear and nonlinear analysis of moving parts of the world's first rotating boat lifting bridge

Widening of Kingston Bridge

• 2D plain stress analysis of reinforced concrete arch bridge widening scheme.

Newark High Speed Rail Bridge

• Detailed dynamics analysis using Interactive Modal Dynamics techniques

Novi Sad Friendship Bridge

• Global and local analyses of a cable stayed swing footbridge

Storebaelt East Suspension Bridge

• Modelling of bridge construction process using nonlinear and dynamics analysis

Namdo Bridge

• Linear static analysis to optimise arch/girder stiffener arrangement

Gateshead Millennium Bridge

• Staged construction and nonlinear dynamic analysis of a cable stayed opening footbridge

Hungerford Bridge Millennium Project

• Dynamic analysis of cable stayed footbridge with assessment for deliberate vandalism

Plashet Road Footbridge

• Eigenvalue buckling analysis of steel plate pier designs to optimise the design

York Millennium Bridge

• Linear, nonlinear and dynamic analysis of a cable stayed footbridge with staged construction checks

Bridge assessment of box girder diaphragms with weak welds

• Nonlinear yield check analysis of box girder crossheads on viaduct structures proving strengthening work was unnecessary

River Lune Millennium Bridge, Lancaster

• Linear and dynamic analysis of a cable stayed footbridge with local analysis of mast

Bridge assessment for plate girder buckling

• Buckling assessment of a steel girder bridge for 40 tonne lorries

Lockmeadow Footbridge

• Response time history analysis of a cable stayed aluminium footbridge for comparison with design codes

Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge

• Dynamic analysis of a cable stayed footbridge using local and global modelling

Integral abutment bridge design

• Global analysis and soil structure interaction of an integral abutment bridge structure

Vasco da Gama bridge and approach viaducts

• Pile/soil interaction and seismic analysis of a cable stayed road bridge and associated approach viaduct structures

Approach viaduct design for the Vasco da Gama bridge

• Calculation of reinforcement quantities for prestresed concrete diaphragms under seismic loading

Masonry arch assessment

• Linear and nonlinear analysis of a masonry arch structure to prove load capacity

Bridge bearing analysis

• Nonlinear analysis to prove the ultimate load capacity of bridge bearings for a major motorway structure.

Raith Road Bridge

• Extraction of stresses from a major box girder bridge using the LUSAS scripting language for checking with design codes

Bowstring arch for the Sheffield Supertram System

• Linear and buckling analysis on a bowstring arch tram bridge and a number of post-tensioned segmental structures

Dee River Crossing

• Linear and eigenvalue analysis of a cable stayed road bridge to aid with the design process

Design check of post-tensioned flyover

• Analysis and creation of reinforcement quantities for a 4 span flyover structure