BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES

The aim of this survey among bridge designers in the United Kingdom was to gain some idea of the philosophies adopted by engineers in their choices of different types of foundations and substructures and of different methods of analysis. Chapter 1 gives an overall perspective; chapter 2 deals with the site, site investigation and groundwater; chapter 3 presents a catalogue of substructures (wall and open abutments, strutted, portal and box structures, wiring walls, piers); chapter 4 deals with the choice of foundation (footings or piles, differential settlement, ground improvement); chapter 5 discusses spread footings (loading, undrained and drained behaviour, bearing pressure, movements); chapter 6 considers abutment earth pressures and stability; chapter 7 covers pile foundations; chapter 8 deals with details; chapter 9 discusses performance, maintenance and repair, while chapter 10 describes dissemination of information, discusses information needs and puts forward some guidelines. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Her Majesty Stationary Office

  49 High Holborn
  London WC1V 6HB,   England 
• Authors:
  • HAMBLY, E C
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 101 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abutments; Bearing capacity; Behavior; Bridge abutments; Bridge foundations; Bridge piers; Bridge substructures; Bridges; Differential settlement; Drained soil; Earth pressure; Footings; Foundations; Ground settlement; Groundwater; Information dissemination; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Loads; Maintenance; Mat foundations; Motion; Pile foundations; Pile groups; Piles (Supports); Repairing; Retaining walls; Saturated soils; Specifications; Spread footings; Stability (Mechanics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Active earth pressure; Passive earth pressure; Repairs; Selection; Site investigation; Undrained soils
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3424: Abutment; 3085: Bearing capacity; 9001: Behaviour; 3455: Bridge; 3434: Bridge pier; 5781: Drained soil; 5726: Earth pressure (active); 5727: Earth pressure (passive); 3377: Foundation; 4383: Ground water; 8555: Information documentation; 5567: Load; 3847: Maintenance; 5483: Movement; 3399: Pile; 3388: Pile group; 3635: Repair; 3359: Retaining wall; 9072: Selection; 5792: Settlement; 3397: Shallow foundation; 5722: Site investigation; 177: Specifications; 5930: Stability; 5782: Undrained soil; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345688
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 11 670761 5
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM