ASTRA Pro

TM

The Simplest and versatile software for Structural Analysis and

Design of Bridges with Super Structures, Sub Structures,
Foundations, Hydrological analysis, Culverts, Underpasses
[Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP/Win7, Minimum I GB RAM, 2 GB HD Space]

AstrA Pro software from TechSOFT Engineering Services is based on Structural modeling technique and is todays
established name in offering the users all the facilities of structural analysis in the simplest way. It accepts Users data
in the form of Text Data or Interactive data. It offers the facility to use commonly formatted data structures to create
automatic modeling and then to go for Analysis to generate Detail Report to display visual presentation of Animated
model for Load deflection and finally to create CAD drawings for Reinforcement Detailing, 3D dynamic rotation view,
Bar bending schedule and Take off quantity.
In Structural engineering various software products are available in the market, but the essence of Astra lies in its
simplicity for applications which is a very complex process and such simplicity is hardly available in other market
available products.
AstrA has its own powerful CAD engine and is best appreciated for its Features, Completeness, Versatility, Fastest
Processing, Simplicity, Format and details of report and Exchangeability of Input / Output with other commonly used
Structural Engineering software and all popular CAD software.

TechSOFT Engineering Services.

The State of the Art software ASTRA Pro is very powerful in producing step wise detail design calculation
report and sophisticated ready to submit CAD drawings with General Arrangement and Structural detailing.

ASTRA Pro is one stop solution for various needs in Bridge / Structural Projects

ASTRA Pro is menu driven easy to learn and use and ensures fast productivity in shortest possible time.

Training on Computer Aided Bridge Design is conducted for senior level engineers regularly. There is
provisions for internet based training to the users on special demand.

Step wise detail design calculations and production of CAD drawings for GAD, Structural Detailing and making
changes whenever essential are the main requirements in Computer Aided Bridge Design. The process in
ASTRA Pro is straight forward and can be mastered in no time even by the beginners and students.

Salient Features cum Technical Specifications:

Applications for Structural Analysis:

Static Analysis of Structures for Member Load, Joint Load, Area Load, Repeat Load, etc.
Dynamic Analysis of Structures for Response Spectra,
Dynamic Analysis of Structures for Eigen Values,
Dynamic Analysis of Structures for Time History Analysis,
Use of Beam, Truss, Plate/Shell elements,
Analysis of Bridge Deck by Grillage method,
Analysis of Bridge Deck with Moving Loads IRC Class A, 70R Tracked and Wheeled, Class AA etc,
Analysis of Multi Storeyed Building Frame Structures for Member End Forces & Support Reactions,
In-built CAD graphics is applied to display Structural geometry and various results instantly

Applications for Design of Bridges:

Design of RCC T_Beam Bridge with Deck Slab, Long and Cross Girders.
Design of RCC & Steel Composite Bridge with Deck Slab and Girders,
Design of Pre Stressed Bridges,
Design of Steel Built up Plate Girder Railway Bridges
Design of Open Web Girder Steel Truss Bridge with Load Computation, Analysis & Design
Design of Bridge RCC Cantilever and Counter fort Abutments with Seismic effects
Design of Bridge RCC Pier with Seismic effects
Design of Bridge Bearing
Design of Bridge RCC Well Foundations
Design of Bridge RCC Pile Foundations,
Stream Hydrology & Hydrograph
Hydrological calculations for Scour Depth & Founding Depth
The designs are produced with Detail Report and Reinforcement Detailing drawings
In-built CAD graphics system is applied for General Arrangement, Reinforcement Detailing etc.

Applications for Design of Culverts and Underpasses:

Design of RCC Box Culvert.

Design of Single & Multi pipe Culvert,
Design of RCC Slab Culvert,
Design of RCC Pedestrian Underpass,
Design of RCC Vehicular Underpass,
The designs are produced with Detail Report and Reinforcement Detailing drawings
In-built CAD graphics system is very sophisticated with drawing and dimensions

Applications for Design of Structural Components:

Design of RCC One way, Continuous and Two way Floor slabs.
Design of RCC Beams,
Design of RCC Columns,
Design of RCC Footings,
The designs are produced with Detail Report and Reinforcement Detailing drawings
In-built CAD graphics system is applied for 3D Structural View, Drawing and Bar Schedules etc.

Stream Hydrology is computed in details from Terrain Topography by transforming Transverse marcator data to
Universal Tranverse marcator (UTM) data, Referring to WGS84 origin and directly downloaded from Shuttle Radar
Topography Mission (SRTM) without Topo maps. Discharge Location at Bridge is measured from farthest point of the
River for water discharge at the Bridge location. The environment is 3D CAD, fully compatible to other CAD softwares.

Synthetic Unit Hydrograph is plotted by comparing sum of discharge for 1 hour interval of Time and volume of 1 cm
direct Runoff.

Detailed Design Calculation of Complete RCC Bridge and General Arrangement Drawing in CAD

Detailed Design Calculation of RCC Bridge Pier Cap and Structural Detail Drawing in CAD

Detailed Design Calculation of RCC Bridge Pier Foundation and Structural Detail Drawing

Details of Seismic Restrainers Abutment / Pier Location

Detailed Design Calculation of RCC Bridge Abutment and Structural Detail Drawing in CAD

Bridge Abutment and Structural Detail Drawing in CAD are done for Cantilever & Counter fort Ret. Wall

Detailed Design Calculation of RCC Bridge Well Foundation and Structural Detail Drawing in CAD

Detailed Design Calculation of RCC Bridge Pile Foundation and Structural Detail Drawing in CAD

Steel Truss (Warren & other types) Open Web Girder Bridge with Self Weight Computation, Superimposed Dead
Load, Vehicle Live Load, Analysis for Member groups, Structural design of Top Chord, Bottom Chord, Vertical &,
Diagonal members, Stringer Beam, Cross Girders, Top & Bottom Chord Bracings with Built up sections and production
of complete volume of Text Report on Load Computation, Analysis for Truss & Beam Members and Structural Design.

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The Design of Steel Truss Highway/Railway Bridges is available in ASTRA Pro in largest form compared to various
works presently available. The Detail Calculation for Design of Lacings, Bolted / Riveted / Welded Connections with
Gusset Plates and production of Complete set of about 30 numbers of Structural Steel Fabrication detail drawings in
CAD

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Bridge Design with ASTRA Pro for RCC, Composite, Pre stressed Concrete Bridge Superstructure for various
structural components is done by receiving user input data relevant to the desired structure and Loading and obtaining
Bending Moments, Shear Force etc from Structural Analysis for DL + SIDL loading + Moving Load by ASTRA Pro using
Standard or User defined Vehicle in 1 or 2 or 3 or more lanes of moving load at user given increments

RCC T Beam Bridge is designed with detail step wise Report and Structural Detail Drawing

Composite Bridge is designed with detail step wise Report and Structural Detail Drawing

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Pre Stressed Post Tensioned Bridge is designed with detail step wise Report and Structural Detail Drawing.

Bridge Design data input is simple as it is either by Worksheet entry or in Dialog Box for Deck Slab, Girders,
Abutment, Pier, Foundations in the simplest way, various trials can be done in the fastest way, Output are well
formatted detail text report and CAD Drawing with structural detailing.

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Detail Stepwise Design Calculations are produced for Longitudinal and Transverse Analysis with over 100
Pages Report

A complete set of CAD Drawings are Supplied for necessary editing and printing

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Pre Stressing Chart is available for the Engineers at Construction Site in easy to use Work Sheet form

Cable Profile is available for the Engineers at Construction Site in easy to use Work Sheet form

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Bridge Deck Analysis by Grillage Technique with Moving Loads for Road and Railway vehicles following various
Standards with I, 2, 3 and up to 10 lanes of Loading.

The Bridge Deck Analysis with any standard or user defined loading is effectively done as below:
For Example, Size of Bridge Deck = 13m. x 12.1m., Length of Bridge Deck = 13m, Width = 12.1m.
Considering IRC Class A Loading, the Span or Length of the Train of Wheel Loads = 18.8m.

DEFINE MOVING LOAD FILE LL.TXT

TYPE 1 CLA 1.179
The data:
TYPE<space>1<CLA><space> 1.179
The data: TYPE<space>1 is defined as Load in file LL.TXT
The data: <CLA> is for users reference
The data: 1.179 is the Impact Factor
The data: TYPE<space>1 is defined in file LL.TXT as below:
Some Commonly used Bridge Deck Loadings are defined in a text file FILE LL.TXT as described below:
TYPE 1 IRCCLASSA
3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 5.7 5.7 1.35 1.35
3.00 3.00 3.00 4.30 1.20 3.20 1.10
1.80
TYPE 2 IRCCLASSB
2.05 2.05 2.05 2.05 3.4 3.4 0.8 0.8
3.00 3.00 3.00 4.30 1.20 3.20 1.10
1.80
TYPE1 IRCCLASSA
3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 5.7 5.7 1.35 1.35 (By adding the Total Length = 18.8 m.)
3.00 3.00 3.00 4.30 1.20 3.20 1.10 (The individual Wheel Loads in Tonnes)
1.80 (Separating distance between two rows of wheels of each Loading Train)

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Next data in the User Input file is given as:

LOAD GENERATION 191 (Total 191 steps of moving at an increment of 0.2 m, generating 191 Load Cases)
TYPE 1 -18.8 0 2.75 XINC 0.2 (The X, Y, Z Coordinates at the start of First wheel in each Loading Train and
increment of moving forward in +ve direction of X as 0.2 m by generating a Load case for each increment)
TYPE 1 -18.8 0 6.25 XINC 0.2 (The X, Y, Z Coordinates at the start of First wheel of 2nd Lane of Loading)
TYPE 1 -18.8 0 9.75 XINC 0.2 (The X, Y, Z Coordinates at the start of First wheel of 3rd Lane of Loading)

The 3 Lanes of TYPE 1 (CLASS A) Load will start moving towards X Direction, the entire 18.8m long train of
wheel loads will pass through the Bridge Deck at an increment of 0.2m in X-Direction, or Longitudinal Direction.
Which is mentioned as XINC 0.2, by repeating the increment 191 times, covering the length of 191x0.2=38.2m, which
is more than 18.8 + 13 = 31.8m, ensuring the complete pass of the loading train and is specified as LOAD
GENERATION 191
Loading in Longitudinal Direction:
Before Moving the First Front Wheels of the Loading Train is at the start of the Bridge Deck, where the X Coordinate
= 0.0m and the Last Rear Wheels of the Loading Train is at a distance of -18.8m from the Front wheels, where the X
Coordinate = - 18.8m
Loading in Transverse Direction:
The First Load Train Starts at a distance 2.75m from the Edge of Bridge Deck, where the Z Coordinate = 2.75m., the
Second Load Train Starts at a distance 6.25m from the Edge of Bridge Deck, where the Z Coordinate = 6.25m. and the
third Load Train Starts at a distance 9.75m from the Edge of Bridge Deck, where the Z Coordinate = 9.75m.
Coordinates:
The Start Coordinates of First Lane of TYPE 1 (CLASS A) Load X= - 18.8m, Y = 0.0, Z = 2.75m
The Start Coordinates of Second Lane of TYPE 1 (CLASS A) Load X= - 18.8m, Y = 0.0, Z = 6.25m
The Start Coordinates of Third Lane of TYPE 1 (CLASS A) Load X= - 18.8m, Y = 0.0, Z = 9.75m
Bridge Deck width = 12.1m
Total width of 3 Lane Loading Train = ZCoordinate of Start Wheel of Third Lane of Load + Width of Load = 9.75 +
1.8 = 11.55m
This ensures that the Bridge Deck completely accommodates the 3 Lanes of the Loading Train.

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ASTRA Pro has separates design suites for Bridges and Structures which receives users input from dialog box
and produces step by step detail design calculation Report in a text file referring to design standards and also
produces CAD drawing showing various dimensions and structural reinforcement detailing based on the
structural design using users input data

Design data input for Deck Slab, Longitudinal and

Cross Girders having default data for new users

Detail Design Report and CAD Drawing for Deck Slab

with dimensions and complete structural detailing

Bridge Deck Slab design with CAD drawing sowing

dimensions and plan view of Reinforcements detailing

Bridge Deck Slab design drawing sowing dimensions

and sectional view of Reinforcements detailing

Design of RCC Longitudinal Girders for Bridges with

dimensions and complete structural detailing drawing

Design of RCC Cross Girders for Bridges with

dimensions and complete structural detailing drawing

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Composite Bridge with Steel Plate Girder and RCC

Deck Slab

Design of Bridges for Prestressed Post Tensioned Long

Girder, RCC Cross Girder and Deck Slab Design with
Detail Design Report and CAD drawing with detailing

RCC Abutment design for Bridges with Detail Design

Report and CAD Drawing with dimensions and complete
structural detailing

Detail Design Report and CAD Drawing with

dimensions and complete structural detailing

Design of Steel Plate Girder Railway Bridges with Detail

Design Report and CAD drawing with detailing

RCC Pier for Bridges with Detail Design Report & CAD
Drawing

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Hydrological Calculations for obtaining Scour Depth

and Founding Depth

In the Well Foundation for bridges the CAD drawing

contains design based structural detailing.

Pile Foundations for bridges from soil structure interaction and structural capacity. The pile capacity is determined
from Skin Friction and End Bearing considering the pile passing through various soil strata, next Structural design for
reinforcements. The CAD drawing contains design based structural detailing.

Design of Box Culvert with Detail Design Report & CAD Drawings showing design based structural detailing

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Detail Design Report and CAD Drawing for Deck Slab with dimensions and complete structural detailing

Design data input for Deck Slab, Longitudinal and

Cross Girders having default data for new users

Detail step wise Design Report and CAD Drawing for structural detailing of Slab Culvert

New construction or widening of Single Pipe Culvert with Design Report and CAD Drawings

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CAD G A Drawings for new construction or widening of Double / Multi Pipe Culvert

Design data input for Deck Slab, Longitudinal and

Cross Girders having default data for new users

Vehicular Underpass with dimensions and detailing

CAD G A Drawing with complete structural detailing

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Structural Analysis & Design

In addition to Bridge Analysis and Design ASTRA Pro also Offers various Static & Dynamic Analysis and Design of
Structures

Drawing to Data for structural analysis for large structures or Multi Storeyed Buildings
For simple small 2D static frame to large complex 3D structures, ASTRA Pro has the facility to generate text data files
from the CAD Drawings. This provides error free data and saves time significantly for structural analysis needs by the
professionals.

ASTRA Pro stands for Applications for STRuctural

Analysis for Professionals and students featuring a very
sophisticated, intuitive and versatile user interface powered
by powerful analysis engine and CAD engine. The program
also includes design tools for engineers working on
Building structures, transportation, industrial structures,
public works and other fields.

Large Structures can be analysed efficiently From its

3D drawing based interactive modeling environment to the
wide variety of analysis and design options completely
integrated across one powerful user interface, AstrA Pro
has proven to be the most integrated, productive and
practical general purpose structural engineering program in
the international marketplace.

Load Deflection is displayed as animated view This

interface allows user to create structural models rapidly
and intuitively without long learning process. The user
can harness the power of AstrA Pro for all his analysis
and design tasks, including small day-to-day problems.
Complex Models can be generated either by simple Text
data or by Interactive Input. The modeling work can be
checked at any time visually in the CAD display.

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Dynamic Analysis is available for Eigen value analysis, Response Spectra analysis and Time History analysis with or
without Nodal Constraints in Degrees of Freedom. The Frequency and Mode Shapes are displayed in animated views.

Static Analysis The Advanced Analytical Techniques allow

Static Analysis for structures for Dead Load Live Load, Wind
Load, modelled with Beam, Truss, Plate / Shell elements.

Design of structural components like RCC Slab, Beam,

Column and Footings are displayed with Reinforcement
Detail Drawing, Bill of Quantity and Bar Schedule.

Structural Reinforcement Detailing, Bar Bending Schedule and Bill of Materials

Design of RCC Slab, Beam, Column and Footings are done with Step by Step detail Report, Reference to relevant Clauses of
Design Standards, Reinforcement Detail Drawing, Bill of Quantity, Bar Schedule and 3D Structural design View with24dynamic
rotation to any angle.

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