SPR-4431: A New Approach to Accelerated Fabrication of Steel Bridges: Design, Optimization, and Demonstration

This project will develop and demonstrate a new approach to the accelerated fabrication of resilient steel bridges. Research objectives include: (1) Design and build a simply-supported and a multi-span continuous demonstration bridge; (2) Measure the dead and live load strains of the demonstration bridges as experimental evidence demonstrating behavior; and (3) Develop and optimize a kit-of-parts system to facilitate adoption.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $189622
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4431

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Thrall, Ashley

• Start Date: 20200101
• Expected Completion Date: 20241231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated bridge construction; Bridge design; Cast in place concrete; Girder bridges; Load tests; Long span bridges; Optimization; Steel bridges
• Identifier Terms: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01713865
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4431
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 16 2019 9:41AM