Development of steel design details and selection criteria for cost effective and innovative steel bridges in Colorado : CDOT study no. 85-00 final report.

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• Alternative Title:
  Development of steel design details and selection criteria for cost effective and innovative steel bridges in Colorado : Colorado Department of Transportation study number 85-00 final report
• Creators:
  Stone, Alexander J. ; van de Lindt, John W. ; Chen, Suren
• Corporate Creators:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Corporate Contributors:
  Colorado. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Steel bridges
  • Metal bridges
  • Bridge design
  • Bridge construction
  • Continuous girder bridges
  • Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction--Economic aspects
  • Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction--Economic aspects--Colorado
  • Continuous bridges--Design and construction
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Abstract:
  This research focuses on finding a method for creating cost effective and innovative steel bridges in Colorado. The design method that was discovered to create this cost efficiency was designing the beams as simply supported for non-composite dead loads, beam weight and wet concrete, and then making the beams continuous at the pier for composite dead loads and live loads. This method eliminates the need for an expensive field splice and simplifies design details at the interior support, creating cost savings.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23133/dot_23133_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6699b9f5aec89da04b934bf281f8abf1cdf550a17c77cada2e0ecc4020f74680ec2817ef57cdcb61fed20b656baeff93eb2571ccf6a3573fa41d24543a7a055