earth quake analysis as per aashto for discontimuous bridges

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earth quake analysis as per aashto for discontimuous bridges
the national highway institute sells a collection of seven manuals [used to be $100]containing excellent examples for the various eq analyses.
if your structure can be analyzed by the uniform load method or single mode response it's fairly straight forward; just follow the instructions in the aashto standard specifications.
also note that there used to be an example of a multi-span, simple beam bridge in the commentary.  you may have to look back several years.
the good source for this type of analyses is seisab user manual, if you could secure a copy, or better, download the trial version of the program with the manual from