ADOT Strut-and-Tie Modeling Design Guidance
The advent of strut-and-tie modeling offers an alternative bridge design that can be used in certain situations to more closely address the actual conditions a bridge will experience while in service. Cost savings may potentially result from efficiently placing reinforcing steel in the locations of the beam that need it, rather than the more uniform spacing across the concrete beam called for with more traditional designs. The placement of the steel within the concrete beam may also result in more durable concrete with fewer and less severe cracks after the bridge has been put under load; this means the safe and effective service life of the bridge is extended. Using strut-and-tie procedures offers potential advantages, many of which are general in nature and give designers significant flexibility. Often, multiple design alternatives can be developed, and each is acceptable. Thus, ADOT seeks to research and develop the guidance criteria needed to ascertain which—and when—structures would most benefit from the use of strut-and-tie modeling and incorporate those criteria into the ADOT Bridge Design Guidelines.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $104,405.92
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Contract Numbers:
SPR-782
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Sponsor Organizations:
Arizona Department of Transportation Research Center
206 S. 17th Avenue
ADOT Research Center
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007 -
Managing Organizations:
Arizona Department of Transportation Research Center
206 S. 17th Avenue
ADOT Research Center
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007 -
Project Managers:
Stone, William
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Performing Organizations:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
PO box 15600
Flagstaff, Arizona United States 86011 -
Principal Investigators:
Tuchscherer, Robin
- Start Date: 20230731
- Expected Completion Date: 20250701
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: Advanced Research
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Design; Strut and tie method
- Geographic Terms: Arizona
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01831508
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Arizona Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: SPR-782
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Dec 22 2021 7:19PM