Transition of Allowable Stress Rating To Load and Resistance Factor Rating for Timber Bridges [Research Brief]

Details

• Creators:
  Kim, Yail Jimmy ; Wang, Jun
• Corporate Creators:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium ; University of Colorado at Denver
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Load and resistance factor design
  • Load factor
  • Stresses
  • Timber construction
  • Wooden bridges
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC-675
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Research Brief
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Abstract:
  The research focused on rating timber bridges with and without hollow structural steel beam repair. On the basis of previously performed laboratory and field tests plus finite element modeling, load effects were computed for two benchmark bridges utilizing three categories of 17 rating vehicles in conjunction with published rating manuals.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747108
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78213/dot_78213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 695.33 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c6ea3832504405ddd2ec1c3ab1ed79f8fc8c1ee8c95610b772f59d7cd7a264bd017b225a1feb82d1fb065f86cbbd82d30eaf0b98869821073004322d5ab67d80