Prestress Loss Parameters Form

Access the Prestress Loss Parameters form, with the Bridge Modeler license enabled, as follows:

Click the Bridge menu > Bridge Objects command, or on the Bridge Wizard select the Bridge Object Definition item and click the Define/Show Bridge Objects button, to display the Define Bridge Objects form. At least a layout line and a bridge deck section must be defined for this command to be available.
Click the Add New Bridge Object button, or highlight a previously defined bridge object in the Bridge Objects area of the form and click the Add Copy of Bridge Object or Modify/Show Bridge Object button, to display the Bridge Object Data form.
Click the Modify/Show Bridge Prestress button to display the Define Prestress Tendon form.
Click the Add New Tendon button, or highlight a previously defined tendon in the Tendon display area and click the Add Copy of Tendon or Modify/Show Tendon button, to display the Tendon Data form.
Click the Tendon Loss Parameters button to display the Prestress Loss Parameters form.

Use the Prestress Loss Parameters form to specify friction and anchorage losses and other loss parameters

Friction and Anchorage Losses. Accept the defaults or use the edit boxes in this area can be used to specify the Curvature Coefficient, the Wobble Coefficient, and the Anchorage Set Slip.
Other Loss Parameters. The edit boxes in this area can be used to specify Elastic Shortening Stress, Creep Stress, Shrinkage Stress and Steel Relaxation Stress when the tendons are treated as loads in the analysis model (that is, when the Model As Loads option is selected on the Bridge Tendon Data form). When the tendons are treated as elements in the analysis model, these loss parameters are defined in the material properties.
Units drop-down list. Use the displayed units or select new units from the drop-down list.