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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 556: Design and Construction Guidelines for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutments with a Flexible Facing, presents the findings of research undertaken to develop a rational design method and construction guidelines for using geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) systems in bridge abutments. The report includes two appendixes. A third appendix, "Verification of the Analytical Model, " is available as NCHRP Web-Only Document 81.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2006. Design and Construction Guidelines for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutments with a Flexible Facing. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13936.

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142 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13936
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Front Matter i-vii
Summary 1-7
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Research Approach 8-10
Chapter 2 - Findings 11-95
Chapter 3 - Interpretation, Appraisal, and Applications 96-128
Chapter 4 - Conclusions and Suggested Research 129-132
Appendix A - Review of Construction Guidelines for GRS Walls 133-140
Appendix B - Brief Description of DYNA3D and LS-DYNA 141-142
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 143-143

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