LPLACE

Purpose: Used to generate output for a statically placed truck load in Girder System Projects. (Not applicable to Line Girder Projects.)

® Given in girder system input

A list of distances from the right boundaries of the lanes as the lanes are initially located, for static truck placement. (Also see GPLACE, TPLACE, TLANES and conditions TRUCK HEADING LEFT and TRUCK HEADING RIGHT.) Default is 2 feet or 0.61 meters. The list is not padded if only one value is given. Use a subscript, such as LPLACE(3) if, say, only the placement in the third lane is different than the default. (Note: specific lane locations must be defined for effective use of static truck placement) The standard truck will be used for static truck placement if both a standard and a nonstandard truck are given.

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The standard truck will be used if both a standard and nonstandard truck are given. Nodal forces and displacements for static truck placement are listed in the output directly from the MDX Software girder system analysis. Also generates a STRUDL compatible input file "STRUDL.TRK" so that the user can compare the results from the analysis with those obtained from a general structural analysis package.