U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
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Washington, DC 20590
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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-12-0038 | |
| Project Name: | Service Limit State Design and Analysis of Engineered Fills for Bridge Support | |
| Project Status: | Active | |
| Start Date: | January 1, 2013 | |
| End Date: | April 23, 2017 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Nicks | |
| First Name: | Jennifer E | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3075 | |
| E-mail: | jennifer.nicks@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Infrastructure Research and Development | |
| Team: | Bridge and Foundation Engineering Team [HRDI-40] | |
| Program: | Innovative Bridge Research and Deployment | |
| Laboratory: | Geotechnical Laboratory | |
| Project detail | ||
| Roadmap/Focus area(s): | Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap | |
| Project Description: | To more accurately predict the load deformation behavior of a shallow foundation on engineered fills at the service limit state. | |
| Goals: |
The primary objectives of this contract are to:
(1) Develop practice-ready design tools to estimate immediate and secondary settlement and lateral deformation of engineered fills used for bridge support.
(2) Determine the stress distribution as a function of depth transferred by the engineered fill to the native foundation soils.
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| Product Type: | Research report | |
| Test Methodology: | Analytical and numerical | |
| Expected Benefits: | More economical design solutions for appropriate utilization of shallow foundations. | |
| Deliverables: | Name: Research report. Product Type(s): Research report Description: A research report will be developed with the results of the research. Incorporate findings into GEC-6 [Geotechnical Engineering Circular] on shallow foundations, as applicable. | |
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| FHWA Topics: | Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) | |
| TRT Terms: | Design Transportation Infrastructure Bridges Research Bridge Foundations |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Geotechnical Structures |
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| Subject Areas: | Bridges and other structures Design Geotechnology Research |
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