Development of multimedia resource and short courses for LRFD design.

Details

• Creators:
  Toutanji, Houssam
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alabama in Huntsville. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
• Corporate Contributors:
  Alabama. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Load factor
  • Design load
  • Highway engineering
  • Resistance (Mechanics)
  • Load and resistance factor design, LRFD
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alabama. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Multimedia technology is an essential instrument in the development of graduate engineers. This ; multimedia package provides an exclusive background and an in-depth understanding of the new ; technological advances in the design of concrete, steel and prestressed concrete bridges. It gives ; guidelines and step-by-step instructions for the design of different types of bridges using the ; LRFD specifications. It also includes an introduction of comparing three rating procedures ; (ASR, LFR, and LRFR). One of the advantages of the package is that it can be conveniently ; updated and modified to add future changes and procedures necessary for today’s structural ; demand. ; The LRFD specifications were created with a conservative point of view, applying almost ; exclusively the limit states of strength. It is consistent with other major bridge codes adopted or ; being adopted in many other countries such as Canada and the European countries. Because of ; this many states throughout the United States have changed their specifications and are currently ; implementing LRFD. It incorporates deep analysis and design methods with different kinds of ; loads and resistance factors, which are based on the known variability of applied loads and the ; material properties. This multimedia package includes the basis in which an engineer can design ; a concrete bridge using LRFD specifications. It includes some PDF documents containing ; explanatory examples and an overview of the strategic development of this structural code. ; This project has a main focus to be a self-training tool for inexperienced engineers who are ; interested in learning about the implementation of LRFD specifications in the design of concrete ; bridges. It is a valuable tool because it contains procedures and specifications for each possible ; situation together with detailed examples and illustrations. This package is a time saving, userfriendly, ; reliable way of learning.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Research project no. 930-703
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20413/dot_20413_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.28 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c8a601e7b7565091d071d23780d126fee6bae533961a35312e05ae5165d8c2adfd4bc946b25c7ee9ad84da059e8621174541a408f38d122716b20d30a574c75f