Design Standards for U.S. Transportation Infrastructure: The Implications of Climate Change

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• Creators:
  Meyer, Michael D.
• Corporate Creators:
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Atmospheric temperature
  • Climate change
  • Design standards
  • Transportation, hydraulic and utility facilities
  • Land use
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• Abstract:
  This paper examines the changes to engineering design practice that might occur given climate-induced changes in environmental factors. A project design is separated into the individual components that might be affected by changing environmental conditions: subsurface conditions, materials specifications, cross sections and standard dimensions, drainage and erosion, structures and location engineering. A typical engineering design process including the use of design standards is described. The origin and use of design standards and guidance is presented with an assessment of how robust and flexible they are to incorporating climate-induced changes.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17365/dot_17365_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 191.47 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a7ec215977685774389619228f31a66fb6be33b1e0aef3b56d5b7f5e52b27c5c