Validation of Tsunami Design Guidelines for Coastal Bridges

The objective of this study is to develop bridge design guidelines for the estimation of tsunami loads on highway bridges. It is proposed that the work include verification of the guidelines by model testing or comparison with observed results to calibrate the predictive capability of numerical models for analysis of tsunami loads on coastal bridges. Generalized bathymetry and topography parameters will be modeled analytically and replicated experimentally. For example, options may include a shallow submarine shelf case or deep submarine trench as bathymetry and coastal plain or river valley as topography. The resulting data will be analyzed to determine their appropriateness and compared against the numerical predictions.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/556

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $535000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(307)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Hawaii Department of Transportation

  2530 Likelike Highway
  Honolulu, HI  United States  96817

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  555 13th Street NE
  Salem, OR  United States  97301

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

  Research & Technology Transfer
  2301 Peger Road
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99709-5399

  Federal Highway Administration

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

  Lazarus, Jon

• Performing Organizations:

  Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

  UC Berkeley
  325 Davis Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States 

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  101 Kearney Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331
• Principal Investigators:

  Lynett, Patrick

• Start Date: 20150416
• Expected Completion Date: 20181130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 42288

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bathymetry; Bridge design; Calibration; Coastal engineering; Guidelines; Numerical analysis; Tsunamis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Verification
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01566816
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(307)
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 2015 1:01AM