Bridge Software--Validation Guidelines and Examples

The Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 485: Bridge Software--Validation Guidelines and Examples describes "Process 12-50," a systematic method of comparing and evaluating bridge design and analysis software. Process 12-50 also provides a standardized report format for presenting and comparing results for bridge design and a method for formally reviewing specification changes.

Report Parts; Chapters 1-4, Appendix A, Appendix B-D, Appendix E (p. 1-44), Appendix E (p. 45-95), Appendix F, G