REINFORCED EARTH BRIDGE ABUTMENTS ---PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EARTH REINFORCEMENT, FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JAPAN, 5-7 OCTOBER 1988

Reinforced earth abutments combine retaining and load bearing functions. A key factor in the observed behaviour of reinforced earth abutments is the compatibility of steel reinforcement and dense granular earth, which allows for the superposition of the effects of applied loads on to the well established retaining function behaviour at design stress levels. Design methods which have evolved from the experience of model tests, full scale instrumented structures and finite element analyses have allowed the confident application to bridge structures in a wide range of configurations and environments.(a) for the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 818063.

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• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Boyd, M S
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 499-503
• Serial:
  • Publication of: AA BALKEMA
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abutments; Bridges; Conferences; Design; Finite element method; Granular materials; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mechanically stabilized earth; Scale models; Soils; Steel; Stresses; Structural models
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487029
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 90-6191-820-0
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM