Steel Bridge Design Handbook: Limit States

In the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications, a limit state is defined as “a condition beyond which the bridge or component ceases to satisfy the provisions for which it was designed.” Bridges designed using the limit-states philosophy of the LRFD Specifications must satisfy “specified limit states to achieve the objectives of constructibility, safety and serviceability.” These objectives are met through the strength, service, fatigue-and-fracture and extreme-event limit states. This module provides bridge engineers with the background regarding the development and use of the various limit states contained in the LRFD Specifications.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/steel/pubs/hif16002/volume10.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  HDR, Incorporated

  Pittsburgh, PA  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Bridges and Structures
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Mertz, Dennis
• Publication Date: 2015-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 18p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Failure; Handbooks; Load limits; Steel bridges
• Identifier Terms: AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01608588
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HIF-16-002 - Vol. 10
• Contract Numbers: DTFH6114D00049
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 19 2016 8:12AM