Effect of Different Surface Finish Methods Applied to Bearing Soil Layer on Performance of Highway Bridge Spread Footing

Shallow foundation has a potential to be a successful alternative to deep foundations at many highway bridge construction sites. To further encourage their uses, comprehensive performance data must be compiled and made available to the practicing civil engineers. A research team at Ohio University has completed a major study on the field and laboratory performance of highway bridge spread footing foundations for the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Majority of the spread footings placed over the bearing soil layers were instrumented with sensors to measure their overall performance. At one of the five bridge construction sites involved in the study, the upper zone of the bearing soil layer received a few different treatments due to localized unique subsurface conditions and changes in payment agreement between the Contractor and the State. This paper presents detailed field performance of the spread footings at this site, which rested on bearing soil layers with different finish methods. Although the amount of data obtained in the study was still limited, the field gave a preliminary indication that the surface finish method might not have much influence on the field performance of these spread footings.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/40486(300)10
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2000 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Authors:
  • Sargand, S M
  • Masada, T
  • Engle, R L
• Conference:
  • Specialty Conference on Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities
  • Location: Amherst Massachusetts, United States
  • Date: 2000-4-9 to 2000-4-12
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 170-183
• Monograph Title: Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 94

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearings; Bridge construction; Foundation soils; Mat foundations; Spread footings
• Identifier Terms: Ohio University
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01939976
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784404860
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Dec 16 2024 11:59AM