Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Multi-Column Bent Bridges

The bridge seismic retrofit program has essentially completed retrofitting all of the single column bridges. The next category of bridges, those with multiply columns in each bent, raise questions as to what the correct and most economical approach should be to retrofitting. Research will focus on assessing the seismic vulnerability of typical multi-column bent bridges and providing retrofit strategies that do not require the treatment of every column in every bent. Retrofitting every column would be both time and cost prohibitive. Primary benefit would be cost savings.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $90000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  T2696-10

  03-385

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Anderson, Keith

• Performing Organizations:

  Washington State University, Pullman

  Department of Agricultural Economics
  Pullman, WA  United States  99164-6210
• Principal Investigators:

  McDaniel, Cole

• Start Date: 20030701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20051231
• Source Data: RiP Project 7751

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Bents; Bridges; Columns; Research projects; Retrofitting; Seismic prospecting
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Finance; Geotechnology; Maintenance and Preservation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460920
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Washington State Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: T2696-10, 03-385
• Files: RiP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:35PM