category: bridges

Extending Span Ranges of Precast Prestressed Concrete Girders

... PCI Bridge Committee , " Tentative Design and Construction Specifications for Precast Segmental Box Girder Bridges . ” PCI Journal , Vol . 20 , No. 4. ( July - August 1975 ) pp . 34-42 . PCI Bridge Design Manual , First Edition ...

Response of Standard Caltrans Pile-to-pile Cap Connections Under Simulated Seismic Loads

Pedro Franco Silva, M. J. N. Priestley, Frieder Seible. [ 10 ] Naaman , A. E. , “ Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design Fundamentals , ” McGraw - Hill , Inc. , New York , 1982 , 672 pages . [ 11 ] Pyke , R. , Beikae , M. , “ A New ...

Roads and Bridges

... snow plow add ( approx ) . 900 lbs . For wheel weights , front add . 300 lbs . For wheel weights , rear add ... 840 ... Horse Power Rating ( max . ) 40 . Torque at 900 r.p.m. - ( max . ) 163 foot lbs . Number of cylinders - 4 . Piston ...

Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Steel Truss Piers Using a Controlled Rocking Approach

... response quantity ( displacements , forces , etc. ) , to show ... key retrofit parameters were chosen because they control the post - uplift stiffness ( k , ) and system strength ( Py ) . The procedure follows the same constraints as the step ...

Standard Plans

... wind bracing as shown . 45 ° Typical , except as noted . PLAN NOTE 45 ° angle may be varied 15 ° near £ span and near the end of cantilever only . € Post € Post Span Span 0.0598 " ribbed- sheet metal Upper chord ( near a far side ) ...

AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design Movable Highway Bridge Design Specifications

... ASME. 1996. Square and Rectangular Keys and Keyways, ASME B18.25-1M-1996. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York. ASME. 2002. Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness, and Lay), ASME B46.1-2002. American Society of ...

Guide Design Specification for Bridge Temporary Works

... ASTM A706. The yield strength shall not exceed 550 MPa (80 ksi). Typical anchor bolt design material properties are ... A 706 Bars 415 (60) 550 (80) Note: ASTM A 615 bars are not recommended for anchor bolts when subject to fatigue. 5.17 ...

Guide Specifications for Design of FRP Pedestrian Bridges

... AASHTO Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, 17th Edition. These Guide Specifications apply to all bridge types but specifically to fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite construction materials. The term “primarily pedestrian ...

Application of LRFD Bridge Design Specifications to High-strength Structural Concrete: Shear Provisions

... AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (also referred to as “LRFD specifications”) is a barrier to advancements in highway design and construction practice.The relaxation ofthis limitation would enable bridge members of a given depth ...

Civil & Structural Engineering: Seismic Design of Buildings & Bridges

... CD ' << ' CM ' STO » } { CT STO » } { CS ' CS ' « ' C ' STO » } { CM « ' CT ... 1.6 E 1 * 12 * 12 / 7.25 SRA 0.3 KCE 0.8 C 1.0 1.0 1.0 8 ઇં 1.05 CS Recall ... Key output functions : FAC Adjusted tabulated compression stress F = 1365 psi ...

Development of a Bridge Construction Live Load Analysis Guide

... AASHTO specifications currently provide . Question 3- When analyzing bridges for construction loads what specifications do you require be used . The majority of agencies surveyed require contractors to use either the AASHTO LRFD / LRFR ...

Guidelines for Historic Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement

... bridges do not meet current safety standards for crashworthiness, minimum height ... AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Standardshave adopted the test levels specified in ... Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, 17th Edition. Deficient ...

Concrete Bridge Deck Performance

... concrete . In addition , silica fume could be used effectively in thin overlays ... concrete overlay was placed in Oklahoma in 1976. By the end of 1978 , a total ... Polymer Concrete Overlays Polymer concrete is concrete in which the portland ...

Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges: Division I - Design, Draft Copy

The Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges is intended to serve as a standard or guide for the preparation of State specifications and for reference by bridge engineers.

Manual of Bridge Design Practice

PREFACE The primary purpose of the " Manual of Bridge Design Practice " is to assist new engineers of the State of California Bridge ... BRIDGE DESIGN PRACTICE SECTION 1 BRIDGE ECONOMY Revised in 1963 Section Title 1____ Bridge Economy.

Manual of Bridge Design Practice

... Bridge Design Practice is being presented to discuss the design of longitudinal slab bridges and to illustrate by example the applica- tion of the AASHO Specifications to the design of this type of structure . A longitudinal slab ...

Performance-based Seismic Bridge Design

... design to achieve the stated performance goals. Comparisons of various organization-specific criteria can be found in chapter ten. CALIFORNIA (CALTRANS) Caltrans has long been the domestic leader in the seismic design of bridges, and ...

Comparison of United States and New Zealand Seismic Design Practices for Highway Bridges

Applied Technology Council. NEW ZEALAND PRACTICE FOR SEISMIC DESIGN OF BRIDGE ABUTMENTS G. R. Martin Ertec Western , Inc. Long Beach , California INTRODUCTION This paper provides an overview of New Zealand practice for earthquake ...

Strength and Serviceability Criteria: Reinforced Concrete Bridge Members: Ultimate Design

... tied columns shall , generally , be not less than 0.01 nor more than 0.08 times the gross cross - sectional area of the column . Preferably , the longitudinal reinforcement for tied columns shall not be more than 0.04 times the cross ...

Roads and Engineering Construction

... Symons cone crusher the 4 - ft . standard crusher that had been installed during the 1929 rebuild- ing the crushed ... manual drum switch and resistor and primary oil circuit - breaker on the motor driving the primary crusher , manual ...

High Performance Concrete: Structural Designer's Guide

... AASHTO T277 test cells ; therefore , it would be advantageous to be able to use these cells in the RMT , which is functionally very similar to AASHTO T - 277 . The FHWA has successfully run the RMT test using RCPT test cells connected ...

Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects. FP-69

... requirements of ASTM A 233 ( AWS A5.1 ) . In lieu of requiring the contractor to furnish copies of test reports for each shipment of electrodes on a project , a list of approved brands of electrodes may be maintained for which ...

High-load Multi-rotational Bridge Bearings

... du Pont de Nemours and Co. , Wilmington , Delaware , May 1978 . Bower , G.R. , " Bearing Pads of Teflon " , A Report Presented to the 1970 Regional Meetings of the AASHTO Committee on Bridge and Structures , E.I. du Pont de Nemours and ...

Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects

... bolt with hexagonal nuts and heads except that ribbed bolts shall have ... nominal diameter 3/4 inch and over . Heads of bolts shall be tapped with a ... nominal size specified or the next larger nominal size . Diameter of threads shall ...

Forest Service Specifications for Construction of Bridges & Other Major Drainage Structures

... AASHTO T 99 , Method C or D. The density of the embankment material will be determined during the progress of the work in accordance with AASHTO T 191 , T 205 or T 238 ; T 217 , T 239 , or T 255 ; and T 224 . Density requirements will ...

Forest Service Specifications for Construction of Roads & Bridges

... AASHTO M 252 . Acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene ( ABS ) sewer pipe and fittings shall meet the requirements of AASHTO M - 264 and M - 265 . Corrugated polyethylene ( PE ) pipe for culverts 12 through 24 inch diameter shall meet the ...

Proceedings

... ASTM C - 33 Compliance with ASTM C - 637 Compliance with ASTM C - 330 As referenced in ASTM C - 33 , C - 637 and C ... 171 As referenced in ASTM C - 171 Compliance with ACI 211 As referenced in ACI 211 Compressive Strength CRD - C - 84 ...

Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects

... D1.1 ( D1.1M ) or AWS , Bridge Welding Code D1.5 ( D1.5M ) . Weld the entire pile cross - section using prequalified AWS groove weld butt joints . Weld so there is no visual evidence of cracks , lack of fusion , undercutting , excessive ...

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