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MDX

Overall Rating 4.0000/5.0
Reliability Rating 5.0000/5.0
Stability Rating 4.0000/5.0
Ease of Use Rating 2.0000/5.0
User Interface Rating 3.0000/5.0
Software Name: MDX
Description:

Design and rating of curved and straight steel bridges for compliance with AASHTO specifications.
Category:
Bridge Design, Steel Girder Bridges
License Type:
Commercial
Trial Version (Free)
Price:
Keywords:
analysis
bridge
design
horizontally curved steel girder
steel concrete composite beam
straight steel girder
Data Format:
Design Code:
Languages:
English
Platform:
Windows
Status
active
WWW:
http://www.mdxsoftware.com/
Publisher:
MDX Software
Distributor(s):
MDX Software

Comments

Submitted by socialhour@comc... on
Rating Overall: 4/5.0
Reliability: 5/5.0
Stability: 4/5.0
Ease of use: 2/5.0
User Interface: 3/5.0

This software does the trick for curved steel beam design. It uses a 2-d grillage model for analysis so diaphragm stiffness is accounted for in stress calculations. The learning curve on this one is pretty high--plan to initally spend some time on it. This is probably the only straight/curved steel beam software you'll ever need. The user interface needs a bit of updating. This program utilizes a text-based input file which, to me, means it could be old software, but also may reduce input time on future analysis. It has been a while since I have seen a price quote but my memory tells me it was of the moderate variety.