TOLERABLE MOVEMENT CRITERIA FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES. TECHNOLOGY SHARING REPORT

This technology sharing report summarizes a comprehensive program of research on the tolerable movement of highway bridges that was begun in 1978 and completed in 1983. This investigation included (a) a state-of-the-art assessment of tolerable bridge movements based on a literature review, an appraisal of existing design specifications and practice, the collection and analysis of field data on foundation movements, structural damage and the tolerance to movements for a large number of bridges (314) in the United States and Canada, and an appraisal of the reliability of the methods currently used for settlement prediction; (b) a series of analytical studies to evaluate the effect of different magnitudes and rates of differential movement on the potential level of distress produced in a wide variety of steel and concrete bridge structures of different span lengths and stiffnesses; and (c) the development of a methodology for the design of bridges and their foundations that embodies a rational set of criteria for tolerable bridge movements.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58207
• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Morgantown, WV  United States  26506-6103

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Moulton, L K
• Publication Date: 1986-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 93 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridge foundations; Bridges; Design; Engineering tolerance; Field studies; Highway bridges; Loss and damage; Motion; Reviews; Specifications; State of the art studies; Structural design; Technology transfer
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Technology sharing; Tolerances
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Education and Training; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00461885
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TS-85-228, CES-8401, FCP 35P1-072
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-61-82-P-30114
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1987 12:00AM