Best Practices and Specifications for Massive Concrete Drilled Shafts
The objectives of this research are: (1) To understand the implementation, resistance and performance issues with mass concrete drilled shafts through observation and instrumentation of construction sites of Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) or neighboring states bridges and expert interviews. (2) To quantify the thermal conditions of drilled shafts of various diameters and conditions that are specific to Georgia. (3) To utilize ongoing thermal research and other states’ best practices for application on drilled shafts. (4) To demonstrate best practices in the laboratory through validation experiments. (5) To draft recommended practices for GDOT drilled shaft specifications thus promoting use in practice while increasing performance reliability. Specifically, the team will address the confidence in utilizing the current six-foot diameter determination for classification of the drilled shaft.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $258000
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Contract Numbers:
RP 18-07
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Sponsor Organizations:
Georgia Department of Transportation
One Georgia Center
600 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA United States 30308 -
Project Managers:
Kamatkar, Supriya
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Performing Organizations:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
505 Tenth Street
Atlanta, GA United States 30332-0420 -
Principal Investigators:
Stewart, Lauren
- Start Date: 20180925
- Expected Completion Date: 20210725
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Best practices; Construction sites; Drilling; Laboratory tests; Mass concrete; Recommendations; Specifications; Thermal analysis; Validation
- Identifier Terms: Georgia Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Construction; Materials; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01702262
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Georgia Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: RP 18-07
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Apr 19 2019 2:15PM