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Settlement of Highway Bridge Approaches and Embankment Foundations
The major objectives of this study are to investigate the factors which are responsible for the settlement of the pavement behind bridge abutments and to explore ways and means of eliminating, or minimizing, these hazardous, costly and undesirable road defects. Complementary objectives of this study are the development and perfection of a multipoint, mercury-filled, settlement gage to be used for measuring the settlement of approach embankment foundations and the comparison of predicted and observed time-settlement relationships of selected approach embankment foundations so as to provide the basis for the establishment of analysis procedures and design criteria. Included in this report is a discussion of the settlement process (from a soil mechanics viewpoint) as related to the settlement of approaches behind abutments and a comparison of the observed and predicted time-settlement curves at four bridge sites and one other embankment site. Also presented is a discussion of the theory, operation, development and performance of a multiple-point and single-point, mercury filled settlement gage. (BPR-abstract)
Settlement of Highway Bridge Approaches and Embankment Foundations
The major objectives of this study are to investigate the factors which are responsible for the settlement of the pavement behind bridge abutments and to explore ways and means of eliminating, or minimizing, these hazardous, costly and undesirable road defects. Complementary objectives of this study are the development and perfection of a multipoint, mercury-filled, settlement gage to be used for measuring the settlement of approach embankment foundations and the comparison of predicted and observed time-settlement relationships of selected approach embankment foundations so as to provide the basis for the establishment of analysis procedures and design criteria. Included in this report is a discussion of the settlement process (from a soil mechanics viewpoint) as related to the settlement of approaches behind abutments and a comparison of the observed and predicted time-settlement curves at four bridge sites and one other embankment site. Also presented is a discussion of the theory, operation, development and performance of a multiple-point and single-point, mercury filled settlement gage. (BPR-abstract)
Settlement of Highway Bridge Approaches and Embankment Foundations
T. C. Hopkins (author)
1969
147 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Structural Mechanics , Pavements , Foundations(Structures) , Bridges , Performance(Engineering) , Creep , Loading(Mechanics) , Design , Soil mechanics , Defects(Materials) , Gages , Compressive properties , Thickness , Rupture , Stability , Shear stresses , Kentucky , Embankments , Settlement
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