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INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS

INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS. RODOLFO (RUDY) F. MARURI, P.E. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION VIRGINIA DIVISION. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS. SUVEYS DONE FHWA & WEST VIRGINIA - 1996 PCI –2000 FHWA – VA DIVISION – 2004 (Proposed). SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS. QUESTION TOPICS

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INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS

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  1. INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS RODOLFO (RUDY) F. MARURI, P.E. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION VIRGINIA DIVISION

  2. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS SUVEYS DONE • FHWA & WEST VIRGINIA - 1996 • PCI –2000 • FHWA – VA DIVISION – 2004 (Proposed)

  3. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS QUESTION TOPICS • Organization’s experience with integral abutments • Geometric Restrictions • Design Criteria • Method of handling creep, shrinkage and temperature

  4. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS QUESTION TOPICS • ANY APPLICATIONS TO CURVE BRIDGES • Ongoing Research • Future Research • Lessons Learned

  5. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS SUVEYS QUESTIONS • How many and what type of integral abutment bridges are in service in your State? • What are the maximum span lengths and skews of integral bridges in your State? • How does your State design integral abutment bridge superstructures? • How does your State design integral abutment bridge substructures?

  6. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS SUVEYS QUESTIONS • How are piles designed for integral abutment bridges in your State? • How are wingwalls for integral abutment bridge designed in your State? • What are the design procedures for thermal loads on integral abutment bridges in your State? • How does your State design for creep in integral abutment bridges? • How does your State design integral abutment foundations?

  7. SURVEYS ABOUT INTEGRAL ABUTMENTS SUVEYS QUESTIONS • How does your State accommodate abutment movements of integral abutment bridges? • What detail does your State use to ensure that the deck expansion is transferred to the abutment? • Does your State require an approach slab and how is it designed? • Does your State do retrofitting of existing non-integral abutment bridges to integral abutment bridges?

  8. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU

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