PONTI stahlverbund WIB | PONTI composite rolled steel girder

New features

In addition to the ability to run under Windows 11, the following new features are available in version 22:

For neck fillet welds of welded open or closed cross-sections, the required weld thickness in the ultimate limit states and fatigue is determined according to the simplified method, taking into account the minimum weld thicknesses.
For the fatigue check, the notch cases are specified separately for the top and bottom chords.
The required seam thicknesses are displayed graphically along the beam.
Optionally, the requirements according to RE-ING can be considered for tightly welded hollow boxes.
For rolled beams in concrete, the determination of shrinkage forces and shrinkage moments is made possible according to 3 different methods, which take into account the uncracked or cracked state or the average of both states.

The following new features are available since version 21:

Setting of variants for secondary construction stages is now done automatically. The n₀ cross-section variants are replaced by the corresponding cross-section variants of the secondary construction stages.
When creating a new steel composite cross-section, the variants n_P, n_PT, n_S and n_D are generated automatically. For the new WiB cross sections, these are the corresponding variants for positive My.
For all cross-sections, it is now possible to specify an analysis and design time. The calculation of the creep and shrinkage coefficients and the reduction ratios can be optionally performed for this purpose. In the composite design, this time of consideration is displayed in the tree view.
For the longitudinal shear capacity of head bolt dowels in the composite joint, verification method 1 is now extended by verification method 2, which also takes into account the non-elastic composite behavior (M_Ed > M_el,Rd) between longitudinal shear force and shear force for class 1 and 2 cross-sections.

PONTIcompositesteel-Details

Basic module for the processing of steel composite bridges according to DIN-EN 1994, EN 1994 as well as DIN-FB 104 of mixed, spatial FE systems made of structural steel, steel composite or reinforced concrete. The program application supports in particular the special input, calculation and design possibilities for general systems of steel composite bridges and offers the following advantages:

Different types of cross-sections entered individually for each partial cross-section - structural steel, concrete chord and reinforcement.
Structural steel cross-section can be composed of 3 top chord, 3 web and 3 bottom chord partial cross-sections each
Concrete chord with up to 5 partial cross-sections with different inclinations
Reinforcement is entered in 2 layers
Creep and shrinkage is handled according to the total cross-section method
cross-section states (variants) for different load conditions (long-term loads, short-term loads and secondary loads)
for each cross-section state, both the total cross-section values and the contributing cross-section values of the concrete chord and the steel flanges are determined for edge and inner span or edge and inner column, respectively
Result graphics for geometry with dimensions, chord thicknesses and effective widths
Calculation of the transformed elastic cross-section values with corresponding reduction factors and the plastic cross-section values
Influence of the interacting plate areas according to DIN-EN, EN as well as DIN-FB are considered
Influence of cracking according to DIN-EN, EN as well as DIN-FB are considered
influence of load history according to DIN-EN, EN as well as DIN-FB are considered
influence of secondary effects according to DIN-EN, EN as well as DIN-FB are considered
automatic determination of equivalent temperature loads
secondary creep due to concreting and finishing loads (PT loads)
secondary creep due to column settlement or planned deformation (D loads)
primary and secondary shrinkage (S loads)
Variant technique, assigning the variants per line in the as-built condition
Variant technique, change of variants per line over all construction stages
superposition according to DIN-EN, EN as well as DIN-FB
Detailed graphical representation on the system

In the ultimate limit state, fatigue limit state, serviceability limit state and bond strength limit state, the following verifications are performed according to DIN-EN, EN and DIN-FB:
Ultimate limit state (except fatigue)

Cross-section classification
Plastic and elastic moment load capacity
Plastic and elastic shear force bearing capacity
Normal force - moment - shear force interaction (N-M-V/T interaction)
Flange-induced web buckling

Ultimate limit state Fatigue

damage-equivalent fatigue width structural steel
damage equivalent fatigue width reinforcement
Concrete fatigue in compression

Serviceability limit state

Stress Limitation Structural Steel
Stress limitation for reinforcing steel
Stress limitation for concrete in compression
Minimum reinforcement (initial cracking)
completed cracking
quasi-permanent deformations

Composite reinforcement

longitudinal shear resistance in the bonded joint
dowel bearing capacity
dowel cover line
Structural design of the dowel joint
Longitudinal shear capacity of the concrete belt
damage equivalent dowel fatigue

Cross-section optimization

Change partial cross-sections from existing cross-sections in the design
replace cross-sections in the design
create new cross-sections and then replace them in the design
immediate recalculation of the cross-section values and subsequently of the checks

Bridge construction system PONTI for rolled beams in concrete

Integrated software solutions for rolling beams in the concrete according to DIN FB 101-104 and EN 1991-EN 1994 with corresponding NAs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT. The cross-section module supplements the basic solution for steel composite bridges and supports the special input, calculation and design options of WIB bridge girders. The following effects are considered:

The influence of concrete cross sections on positive and negative moments in the cross-section variants in the cracked state
The selection of calculation variants for the special determination of the reduced numbers of rolled beam in concrete cross sections

In addition to that, all checks described in the basic module of composite steel bridge girders are carried out in the ultimate limit state, fatigue limit state, serviceability limit state.

Benefits of PONTI compositesteel WIB

The program solution PONTI compositesteel WIB supports the calculations and designs of mixed spatial systems of structural steel, composite steel or reinforced concrete and offers the following advantages in particular: