I am trying to simulate vehicular loading on an orthotopic steel deck bridge section in ABAQUS software. The red arrow mark in the attached figure indicates the direction in which the vehicle will move. While doing so, I have tried different configurations of boundary conditions (where and which one to apply). I have tried pinned-encastre, pinned-roller support. Practically, it seems pinned-roller support replicates the actual boundary conditions on-site. But I am not getting the desired output. Any light on this matter would be appreciated.

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