RES2023-04: Best Practices for Bridges with Pipe Piles
Pipe piles (PP) and concrete-filled steel tubes (CFST) have been used on bridge projects in Tennessee for decades. Parameters defining PP/CFST installations include piling material, fill material, connection details, field capacity prediction, design criteria, and corrosion protection measures. These six parameters have varied greatly from project to project and there is no standardized process whereby the most suitable parameters may be established for a particular project. Seismic design parameters need to be standardized within Division of Structures design policy for both consultant and in-house design. Additionally, local buckling of pipe piles is not properly addressed in current design specifications.
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Language
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Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $165000
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Contract Numbers:
RES2023-04
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Sponsor Organizations:
Tennessee Department of Transportation
James K. Polk Building
Fifth and Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN United States 37243-0349 -
Managing Organizations:
Tennessee Department of Transportation
James K. Polk Building
Fifth and Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN United States 37243-0349 -
Performing Organizations:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1020 Stadium Drive Box.5015
Cookeville, TN United States 38505 -
Principal Investigators:
Huff, Tim
- Start Date: 20220801
- Expected Completion Date: 20240731
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Best practices; Bridge design; Earthquake resistant design; Pipe; Support piles; Tubing
- Geographic Terms: Tennessee
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01854580
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: RES2023-04
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 12 2022 8:06AM