SKEW SLAB BRIDGES WITH INTEGRAL SLAB ABUTMENTS. VOLUME II: DESIGN CURVES. FINAL REPORT

The purpose of this study was to develop a simplified design method for Skew Slab Bridges with Integral Slab Abutments (SSBISA) and to use this method for the analysis of the Smith bridge in Chester, Maine. The proposed design method gives coefficients which convert the moments, shears, and deflections obtained from a plane frame analysis to those that would be obtained from a 3-dimensional finite element analysis of the bridge. This document, Volume II of six volumes, contains the design curves to be used in conjunction with Volume I.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume I: Design Guide; Volume III: Computer Program SKEWSLAB; Volume IV: Analysis of Smith Bridge; Volume V: FORTRAN Listings of the SAP Pre- and Post-Processors; and Volume VI: Responses of Various States to a Survey.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maine, Orono

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boardman Hall
  Orono, ME  United States  04469-5711

  Maine Department of Transportation

  Technical Services Division, 16 State House Station
  Augusta, ME  United States  04333
• Authors:
  • Dagher, H
  • Elgaaly, M
  • Kankam, J
  • Comstock, L
• Publication Date: 1991-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 354 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge abutments; Case studies; Computer programs; Deflection; Design methods; Engineering moments; Finite element method; Guides to information; Mathematical models; Personal computers; Shear strength; Skew bridges; Structural analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design curves
• Old TRIS Terms: Guides; Moments; Plane frame analysis
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00616366
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Paper 90-3
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1991 12:00AM