Nonlinear Lateral Performance of Skew Abutments
The lateral force-deflection relationship between an abutment backwall and the retained soil or Concrete Low Strength Material (CLSM) can significantly affect bridge performance. The current inventory of test data that can be directly applied to develop design guidelines is limited to backwalls with zero skew and backfill materials consisting of well compacted clay or silty sand. Testing and simulation tools are needed for other common conditions such as various non-zero skew angles and amounts of torsional rotation as well as CLSM backfill.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Sponsor Organizations: Sacramento, CA United States 95819
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Project Managers:
Lee, Peter
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Performing Organizations:
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV United States -
Principal Investigators:
Saiidi, Mehdi
- Start Date: 20120601
- Expected Completion Date: 20150531
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Abutments; Backfilling; Bridge design; Concrete bridges; Deflection; Guidelines; Simulation; Skew bridges
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01620567
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 4 2017 10:54AM