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Modern Timber Bridges: Manual for Inspection, Quality Control and Assurance, and Load Rating
Stress-laminated technology has been used in Canada for more than fifteen years and has in recent years become a popular alternative to concrete and steel bridges on low-volume roads in the United States. The U.S. National Timber Bridge Initiative Program, funded by Congress in 1989, includes 41 participating states, and it is reported that 150 stress-laminated timber bridges are in service, of which 46 are in West Virginia. Three types of bridges have been constructed: (1) stress-laminated timber decks, (2) stress-laminated T-systems, and (3) stress-laminated Box-systems. Although significant experience had been gained through design, construction, and monitoring of stress-laminated timber bridges, specific guidelines on quality control, inspection before, during, and after construction, as well as load rating procedures are not widely available. Recognizing this need, the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) along with the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USDA-FS) funded this project to develop this manual under WVDOH Research Project No. 96. The manual is developed primarily for maintenance and evaluation engineers, inspectors, fabricators, contractors, and owners. The manual provides background information on wood and steel materials used in stress-laminated timber bridges, inspection guidelines of bridge components, stressing systems, and inspection of construction procedures. The manual also provides load rating procedures and examples.
Modern Timber Bridges: Manual for Inspection, Quality Control and Assurance, and Load Rating
Stress-laminated technology has been used in Canada for more than fifteen years and has in recent years become a popular alternative to concrete and steel bridges on low-volume roads in the United States. The U.S. National Timber Bridge Initiative Program, funded by Congress in 1989, includes 41 participating states, and it is reported that 150 stress-laminated timber bridges are in service, of which 46 are in West Virginia. Three types of bridges have been constructed: (1) stress-laminated timber decks, (2) stress-laminated T-systems, and (3) stress-laminated Box-systems. Although significant experience had been gained through design, construction, and monitoring of stress-laminated timber bridges, specific guidelines on quality control, inspection before, during, and after construction, as well as load rating procedures are not widely available. Recognizing this need, the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) along with the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USDA-FS) funded this project to develop this manual under WVDOH Research Project No. 96. The manual is developed primarily for maintenance and evaluation engineers, inspectors, fabricators, contractors, and owners. The manual provides background information on wood and steel materials used in stress-laminated timber bridges, inspection guidelines of bridge components, stressing systems, and inspection of construction procedures. The manual also provides load rating procedures and examples.
Modern Timber Bridges: Manual for Inspection, Quality Control and Assurance, and Load Rating
J. Davalos (author) / B. Dickson (author) / S. Petro (author) / H. GangaRao (author)
2003
238 pages
Report
No indication
English
Highway Engineering , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Wood & Paper Products , Wooden bridges , Timber construction , Quality assurance , Inspection , Quality control , Manuals , Guidelines , Loads(Force) , Laminated wood , Steel construction , West Virginia , Structural timber , Hardwoods
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