BRIDGE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE - WBFL

WBFL™ Overview

The Washington Bridge Foundation Libraries™ (WBFL) provide the foundation upon which WSDOT is building its next generation bridge engineering software tools. The WBFL consists of programmable software components that can be used in spreadsheets and MathCAD documents that you write as well as C++ libraries for those of you write bridge engineering applications. This software has been developed for the Alternate Route Project. The WBFL™ is licensed under the terms and conditions of the Alternate Route Library Open Source License. Under certain circumstances you can develop propriety software that uses WBFL components. Review the license carefully for details.

Releases

Preview Version: 3.0.1 Beta 1 April 30, 2009 Current Version: 3.0.0 February 10, 2009

Features

The WBFL features the following libraries for use with spreadsheets, MathCAD, and other Automation clients: LBAM - Longitudinal bridge analysis modeling FEM2D - Plane frame finite element analysis GEOMETRY - Geometric primitives and shape modeling SECTIONS - Modeling of bridge sections and elastic properties UNITSERVER - General purpose unit conversions, unit mode management, and display unit management TOOLS - Miscellaneous engineering tools COGO - Parametric Coordinate Geometry The WBFL also contains the following C++ class libraries: BMF - Bridge Modeling Framework BAM - Bridge Analysis Framework REPORTING - Create interactive HTML reports MATH - Math routines including function modeling and root finders MFCTOOLS - Our custom extensions to the Microsoft Foundation Class library GRAPHICSLIB - 2D Plotting LRFD - Encapsulates several LRFD computational methods MATERIAL - Material modeling REINFORCEDCONCRETE - Biaxial strain compatibility analysis of reinforced concrete sections WBFL™ Download Center Before installing this version please un-install all previous versions of Washington Bridge Foundation Libraries (WBFL), PGSuper, PGSplice, Barlist, and BEToolbox. WSDOT has put together a simple batch file to make this easy. Right-click on this link to download the script. Review the script completely before executing as it may not be appropriate for particular circumstance. This script has to be run for every user account that has installed these software programs. Version WBFL™ Preview Version: 3.0.1 Beta 1 April 30, 2009 Executable Program Current Version: 3.0.0 February 10, 2009 Executable Program (16 MB) Source Code (28.7 MB) Click for Archive Version Download(s) Minimum Requirements Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 Win 95/98 and XP Users - This software was developed and testing for the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. We have performed limited testing on the Windows 95, 98, and XP operating systems. If you experience problems with this software on other versions of the Windows operating system, please let us know so we can improvements. Required Development Tools The following commercial development tools where used to build the WBFL™ libraries. Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 SP 4