SEISMIC DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES

This document contains Guidelines for the seismic design of highway bridges. The Guidelines are the recommendations of a team of nationally recognized experts which included consulting engineers, academicians, State highway, and Federal agency representatives from throughout the United States. The Guidelines are comprehensive in nature and they embody several new concepts which are significant departures from existing design provisions. An extensive commentary documenting the basis for the Guidelines and an example demonstrating their use are included. A draft of the Guidelines was used to seismically redesign twenty-one bridges. Significant changes resulted from the redesigns and are reflected in this report. A summary of the redesigns is included. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Applied Technology Council

  2150 Shattuck Avenue
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94704

  Federal Highway Administration

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mayes, R L
  • Sharpe, R L
• Publication Date: 1981-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 207 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Earthquake resistant design; Earthquake resistant structures; Guidelines; Seismicity; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seismic response
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348644
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-81- 81 Final Rpt., FCP 35A1-102
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9295
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 1982 12:00AM