...
For
...
large
...
or
...
finely
...
...
models,
...
...
...
analysis
...
may
...
become
...
time
...
consuming.
...
While
...
this
...
level
...
of
...
detail
...
may
...
be
...
suitable
...
for
...
final
...
analysis,
...
a
...
series
...
of
...
tips,
...
possibly
...
useful
...
to
...
preliminary
...
design,
...
are
...
available
...
to
...
reduce
...
computational
...
time.
...
These
...
suggestions
...
are
...
listed
...
as
...
follows:
...
- Reduce
...
- the
...
- number
...
- of
...
- members
...
- for
...
- which
...
- response
...
- is
...
- computed
...
- by
...
- specifying
...
- groups
...
- smaller
...
- than
...
- All
...
- on
...
- the
...
- Moving
...
- Load
...
- Case
...
- Results
...
- Saved
...
- menu
...
- (Figure
...
- 1),
...
- available
...
- through
...
- Define
...
- >
...
- Bridge
...
- Loads
...
- >
...
- Bridge
...
- Responses
...
- or
...
- Bridge
...
- >
...
- Bridge
...
- Response.
...
- Use
...
- a
...
- coarser
...
...
...
- .
Use the Quick Response Calculation option, which uses a limited number of lane-load points to approximate the shape of the influence line. Additional information is available in the CSI Analysis Reference Manual (Moving Load Analysis > Exact and Quick Response Calculation, page 463).
Figure 1 - Moving load-case results saved