Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) is pleased to announce the availability of CSiBridge 23.2.0 build 1738 is a graphic designing software used by engineers for modeling, analysis, and design of bridge structures.

CSiBridge 23.2.0 Release notes - Date: 19-May-2021

Modeling
Staged-construction operations Pour Concrete and Remove Forms are now available for Super-T bridge sections. Using these operations, the weight of the wet concrete slab can be applied to the girders in one stage, and the stiffness of the cured slab activated in a subsequent stage.



Loading
The response-spectrum function according to the Chinese JTG/T 2231-01-2020 code has been added.



Analysis
- Performance has been improved for models with frame elements in the presence of many load patterns. This includes speed increases in stiffness formation, event determination, and state-update operations. Nonlinear static, staged-construction, and nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases will benefit the most.
- Speed improvements have been made for calculating joint-reaction response for influence-based moving-load cases.



CSiBridgeis specialized analysis and design software tailored for the engineering of bridge systems. Suspension, cable-stay, elevated-roadway, and other types of bridge systems may be modeled and designed to suit any one of a variety of purposes, including means for crossing water, linking points between shear terrain, or extending over highway infrastructure. Customized controls and features integrate across a powerful object-based modeling environment to offer an intuitive, practical, and productive computational tool for bridge engineering. Advanced modeling features and sophisticated analysis techniques account for dynamic effects, inelastic behavior, and geometric nonlinearity. Code-based templates streamline the engineering process from model definition through analysis, design optimization, and the generation of comprehensive output reports. CSiBridge is the premier software for bridge engineering.

CSiBridge v23 Enhancements

Founded in 1975, Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI)is recognized globally as the pioneering leader in software tools for structural and earthquake engineering. Software from CSI is used by thousands of engineering firms in over 160 countries for the design of major projects, including the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan, One World Trade Center in New York, the 2008 Olympics Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing and the cable-stayed Centenario Bridge over the Panama Canal. CSI's software is backed by more than three decades of research and development, making it the trusted choice of sophisticated design professionals everywhere.

Product:CSIBridge
Version:23.2.0 build 1738 Advanced w/Rating
Supported Architectures:x64
Website Home Page :www.csiamerica.com
Language:english
System Requirements:PC *
Size:846.9 mb

Processor
- Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64
- Recommended: Intel i5/i7, AMD Athlon X4/Ryzen, or better
- A 64-bit CPU is required
- The SAPFire Analytical Engine includes multi-threaded solvers and algorithms that can take advantage of multi-core CPUs. The design algorithms can also utilize multiple cores.

Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8 or Microsoft Windows 10
- 64-bit processor

Video Card
- Minimum: Supporting 1024 by 768 resolution and 16 bits colors for standard (GDI+) graphics mode
- Recommended: Discrete video card with NVIDIA GPU or equivalent and dedicated graphics RAM (512 Mb or larger) for DirectX graphics mode. The card must be DirectX 11 Compatible.
- DirectX graphics mode fully utilizes the hardware acceleration provided by a GPU and dedicated graphics RAM.
- For better graphics quality in terms of anti-aliasing and line thickness, the device raster drawing capabilities should support legacy depth bias.

Memory
- Minimum: 8 GB RAM
- The problem size that can be solved and the speeds for solution & response recovery increase considerably with more RAM.

Disk Space
- 6 GB to install the software.
- Additional space will be required for running and storing model files and analysis results, dependent upon the size of the models
- Recommended: 500GB or larger PCIe Solid State Drive (SSD). External and network drives are not recommended.