Tolerable Movement Criteria for Highway Bridges

Details

• Creators:
  Moulton, Lyle K. ; GangaRao, Hota V.S. ; Halvorsen, Grant T.
• Corporate Creators:
  West Virginia University. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Contributors:
  DiMillio, Albert F.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridge Abutments Bridge Design Bridge Foundations Bridge Piers Deformation Highway Bridges
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/RD-85/107
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Contracting Officer:
  DiMillio, Albert F.
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This investigation included (a) a state-of-the-art assessment of tolerable bridge movements based on a literature review, an appraisal of existing design specifications and practice, the collection and analysis of field data on foundation movements, structural damage and the tolerance to movements for a large number of bridges (314) in the United States and Canada, and an appraisal of the reliability of the methods currently used for settlement prediction; (b) a series of analytical studies to evaluate the effect of different magnitudes and rates of differential movement on the potential level of distress produced in a wide variety of steel and concrete bridge structures of different span lengths and stiffnesses; and (c) the development of a methodology for the design of bridges and their foundations that embodies a rational set of criteria for tolerable bridge movements.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-FH-11-9440
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:43e9e86bdc2824e7362442ebaf67589550b9711fbf8a4929770c34cff519c762534bb1825c7699cdf48cc59e47cbd4371ecdd71d172f71b676e2a8ed3b0daa1a
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66032/dot_66032_DS1.pdf
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