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NCHRP Report 620:

Development of Design Specifications and Commentary for Horizontally Curved Concrete Box-Girder Bridges

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Publication Year:2009

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 620: Development of Design Specifications and Commentary for Horizontally Curved Concrete Box-Girder Bridges explores proposed specifications and examples for the design of horizontally curved concrete box-girder highway bridges.



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Front Matter i-ix  
Chapter 1 - Introduction 1-2 (skim)
Domestic Practice 3-4 (skim)
Foreign Practice 5-5 (skim)
Field Problems 6-7 (skim)
Codes and Design Standards 8-8 (skim)
Step 3 Check the Web Width 9-9 (skim)
Step 6 Determine Required Spacing of Stirrups 10-10 (skim)
Step 2 Determine the Cross-Section Parameters 11-11 (skim)
Step 6 Check the Longitudinal Reinforcement 12-12 (skim)
Design Philosophy 13-13 (skim)
Global Analysis 14-19 (skim)
Laboratory Experiments 20-20 (skim)
Flexure and Flexural Shear 21-22 (skim)
Torsion 23-24 (skim)
Tendon Breakout and Deviation Saddles 25-27 (skim)
Time Dependency 28-28 (skim)
Detailing 29-29 (skim)
Summary 30-30 (skim)
Analysis Cases 31-31 (skim)
Structural Analysis 32-33 (skim)
Loads 34-34 (skim)
Results Review 35-35 (skim)
Summary of Results 36-36 (skim)
Conclusions of the Parametric Study 37-37 (skim)
Diaphragm 38-38 (skim)
Skewed Abutments 39-40 (skim)
Long-Term Creep 41-43 (skim)
Chapter 5 - Regional and Local Response Analysis Studies 44-44 (skim)
Test Model and Test Conduct 45-50 (skim)
Local Analysis of Multicell Box-Girders 51-51 (skim)
Model Prototype: Three-Cell Cast-In-Place Box Girder 52-52 (skim)
Multicell Models - Analysis Results 53-56 (skim)
Discussion of Results 57-62 (skim)
Model Prototype: Single-Cell CIP Box Girder 63-65 (skim)
Single-Cell Models Analysis Results 66-66 (skim)
Discussion of Results 67-71 (skim)
Summary of Influences from Detailing Parameters 72-74 (skim)
Recommendations for Web Capacity Design 75-78 (skim)
Chapter 6 - Conclusions 79-83 (skim)
References/Bibliography 84-86 (skim)
Appendixes 87-87 (skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 88-88 (skim)

Description

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 620: Development of Design Specifications and Commentary for Horizontally Curved Concrete Box-Girder Bridges explores proposed specifications and examples for the design of horizontally curved concrete box-girder highway bridges.



Potential LRFD specifications and design examples illustrating the application of the design methods and specifications are available online as appendixes to NCHRP Report 620.



Appendix A - Proposed LRFD Specifications and Commentary
Appendix B - Example Problems
Appendix C - Global Analysis Guidelines
Appendix D - State of Practice Summary for the United States
Appendix E - Detailed Global Analysis Results
Appendix F - Detailed Local Analysis Results


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