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Bridge Live Load Analysis Output

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Shane Morrison
Explorer

I have analyzed a 20 ft. wide voided slab bridge with five, four-foot wide voided slab "beams" on a 45 degree skew (one 12 ft. design lane considered).  When an analysis is ran and the Envelope Results are viewed, I get results at tenth-points along the beam--as I understand it, these values are for shear and moment PER BEAM (these Live Load values include impact and distribution factors).  However, when results are printed in the Reactions output heading, I get a Live load reaction that is PER LANE (these do no not include impact or distribution factors).  

My issue is that when I apply the impact and distribution factors to the Live load Reactions output, I cannot make it equal to the "Per Beam" output at the support.  In other words, one can obtain a "load per foot" value at the support by dividing the values by 4 ft in the Per Beam envelope results, but when the Live Load Reactions are divided by the lane width (12 ft.), and the proper factors applied, it is multiple values away from the Per Beam values.  

I think I am missing something in how LEAP defines these outputs--can someone give some insight on how I might correlate the Per Lane values and Per Beam values?