Bridge Rail Design Procedures

This study will focus on adjusting bridge rail design procedures to conform with the recently revised crash testing guidelines, MASH. This study will attempt to develop a better method for using dynamic impact loads to design bridge rail and cantilever deck systems. The new procedures will eliminate the problems associated with the use of dynamic forces in quasi-static design methods that currently produce oversized bridge railings and excessive deck thicknesses when accurate peak dynamic loads are used in the existing design method.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nctspm.gatech.edu/pi/bridge-rail-design-procedures

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $150000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12GUTC12

  NCTSPM 2013-046

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Boulevard
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130-3050
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Alabama, Birmingham

  Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
  1075 13th Street South
  Birmingham, AL  United States  35294
• Principal Investigators:

  Sicking, Dean

  Uddin, Nassim

• Start Date: 20131101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20150101
• Source Data: RiP Project 36311

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridge railings; Cantilever bridges; Crash tests; Dynamic loads; Guidelines
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640904
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC12, NCTSPM 2013-046
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 13 2017 1:00AM