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Loading Test of GRS Bridge Pier and Abutment in Denver, Colorado

K. Ketchart / J. T. H. Wu

Geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) technology has been widely used in the construction of retaining walls, embankments, slopes, and shallow foundations. In July 1996, a 5.5-m high prototype GRS bridge pier was constructed at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration. A series of loading tests have demonstrated that the GRS bridge pier has a very high load capacity and excellent performance characteristics under typical design loads (Adams, 1997). This study was undertaken as a continuation of the Turner-Fairbank's test.

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Loading Test of GRS Bridge Pier and Abutment in Denver, Colorado

K. Ketchart / J. T. H. Wu

Geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) technology has been widely used in the construction of retaining walls, embankments, slopes, and shallow foundations. In July 1996, a 5.5-m high prototype GRS bridge pier was constructed at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration. A series of loading tests have demonstrated that the GRS bridge pier has a very high load capacity and excellent performance characteristics under typical design loads (Adams, 1997). This study was undertaken as a continuation of the Turner-Fairbank's test.

Loading Test of GRS Bridge Pier and Abutment in Denver, Colorado

K. Ketchart / J. T. H. Wu

Geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) technology has been widely used in the construction of retaining walls, embankments, slopes, and shallow foundations. In July 1996, a 5.5-m high prototype GRS bridge pier was constructed at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration. A series of loading tests have demonstrated that the GRS bridge pier has a very high load capacity and excellent performance characteristics under typical design loads (Adams, 1997). This study was undertaken as a continuation of the Turner-Fairbank's test.

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Title:

Loading Test of GRS Bridge Pier and Abutment in Denver, Colorado

Contributors:

K. Ketchart (author) / J. T. H. Wu (author)

Publication date:

1997

Size:

84 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Highway Engineering , Soil & Rock Mechanics , Bridge piers , Geotechnical fabrics , Bridge abutments , Load tests , Colorado , Backfills , Lateral pressure , Loads(Forces) , Strain gages , Soils , Reinforcement(Structures) , Concrete blocks

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