TOLERABLE MOVEMENT CRITERIA FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES. FINAL REPORT

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 foundaiton movements, structural damage and the tolerance to movements for a large number of bridges (314) in the Unites 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 methodology for the design of bridges and their foundations that embodies a rational set of criteria for tolerable bridge movements. (Author)

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66032
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68483
• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

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

  Federal Highway Administration

  Research, Development and Technology, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Moulton, L K
  • GangaRao, H V S
  • Halvorsen, G T
• Publication Date: 1985-10

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 118 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge foundations; Data analysis; Design; Forecasting; Highway bridges; Mathematical analysis; Reliability; Reviews; Settlement (Structures); State of the art studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Tolerable movement
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453722
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-85-107, CES-8402, FCP 34H1-022
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9440
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM