Seismic retrofitting manual for highway structures / Ian G. Buckle [and ten others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Buckle, I. G., author.

Contributor:

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (U.S.)

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, sponsoring corporate body.

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bridges--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Bridges.

Bridges--Earthquake effects.

Earthquake resistant design--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Earthquake resistant design.

Earthquake hazard analysis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Earthquake hazard analysis.

Bridges--Design and construction.

Genre:

Online resources.

handbooks.

Handbooks and manuals

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

McLean, VA : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, January 2006.

Summary:

This report is the first of a two-part publication entitled "Seismic retrofitting manual for highway structures". Part 1 of this manual is based on previous Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) publications on this subject including Seismic Retrofitting Manual for Highway Bridges, published in 1995 as report FHWA-RD-94-052. Revisions have been made to include current advances in earthquake engineering, field experience with retrofitting highway bridges, and the performance of bridges in recent earthquakes. It is the result of several years of research with contributions from a multidisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners. In particular, a performance-based retrofit philosophy is introduced similar to that used for the performance-based design of new buildings and bridges. Performance criteria are given for two earthquake ground motions with different return periods, 100 and 1000 years. A higher level of performance is required for the event with the shorter return period (the lower level earthquake ground motion) than for the longer return period (the upper level earthquake ground motion). Criteria are recommended according to bridge importance and anticipated service life, with more rigorous performance being required for important, relatively new bridges, and a lesser level for standard bridges nearing the end of their useful life. Minimum recommendations are made for screening, evaluation and retrofitting according to an assigned Seismic Retrofit Category. Bridges in Category A need not be retrofitted whereas those in Categories B, C and D require successively more rigorous consideration and retrofitting as required. Various retrofit strategies are described and a range of related retrofit measures explained in detail, including restrainers, seat extensions, column jackets, footing overlays, and soil remediation. Part 2 includes new procedures for determining the seismic vulnerability of other important highway system structures, namely, retaining structures, slopes, tunnels, culverts, and roadways. Guidance is provided on (a) screening for potential seismic vulnerabilities; (b) conducting a detailed evaluation; and (c) describing strategies for retrofit design. In addition, discussion is provided for classifying each structure by type, construction, or expected performance. This is needed since different types of a given structure (e.g., different types of retaining walls) may have different failure modes and will therefore require somewhat different approaches to seismic vulnerability screening, detailed evaluation, and retrofitting.

Contents:

Part 1. Bridges

Part 2. Retaining Structures, Slopes, Tunnels, Culverts and Roadways.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF cover (FHWA. DOT.gov website, viewed June 27, 2018).

"January 2006"--Part 1.

"August 2004"--Part 2.

"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-06-032"--Part 1.

"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-05-067"--Part 2.

"HRDI-07/01-06(1M)E"--Part 1, page 4 of cover.

"HRDI-07/08-04(1M)E"--Part 2, page 4 of cover.

"Performing organization: Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research"--Technical report documentation page.

Includes tables, charts, and appendixes.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016.

Other Format:

Print version: Seismic retrofitting manual for highway structures. Part 1, Bridges

Print version: Seismic retrofitting manual for highway structures. Part 2, Retaining structures, slopes, tunnels, culverts, and roadways

OCLC:

961066476

Access Restriction:

Use copy Restrictions unspecified