Synthesis on Faulted Pavements at Bridge Abutments

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Faulted Pavements at Bridge Abutments
• Creators:
  Hearn, George
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Colorado. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Colorado. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge abutments
  • Bridge foundations
  • Bridge substructures
  • Dislocations
  • Footings
  • Geological activities and processes
  • Highway bridges
  • Pavement maintenance
  • Piers
  • Structural settlement
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CDOT-DTD-97-11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  Colorado. Department of Transportation
• Description:
  This synthesis includes a review of the causes of settlement related problems in bridges, a review of methods for mitigation, a compilation and analysis of data on bridge settlements, an assessment of methods for the prediction of settlements, a proposal for a method of estimating differential settlements based on the variability in total settlement, an examination of spatial correlation in settlements, and a review of plastic rotation capacity in steel beams and its use in design of bridge beams to tolerate relatively large settlements.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/93420/dot_93420_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.48 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4c6c22e0bec6c97f511dadfb5e67fabeea5735bdff4aab03b6abc1292d77480a672a2fae4d059c438dc0b140b4a784251f4d577f11b5a931ecb3dc1d9fc1b7d7