Bridges & Structures

High Performance Steel Designers' Guide

Second Edition, April 30, 2002

By M. Myint Lwin, Structural Design Engineer
FHWA, Western Resource Center
201 Mission Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415)744-2660
Fax: (415)744-2620
E-Mail: myint.lwin@fhwa.dot.gov

• 1.0 INTRODUCTION
• 2.0 MATERIAL PROPERTIES
  • 2.1 Chemical Property
  • 2.2 Mechanical Properties
  • 2.3 Fatigue and Fracture Properties
  • 2.4 Weldability
    • 2.4.1 AASHTO HPS Guide and AWS Code
    • 2.4.2 Lessons Learned
  • 2.5 Weathering Characteristic
• 3.0 DESIGN FEATURES
  • 3.1 HPS Design Experience
    • 3.1.1 First HPS 70W Bridge
    • 3.1.2 The Nebraska HPS Two-Box Girder System
    • 3.1.3 HPS Cost Study
    • 3.1.4 Tennessee Experience
    • 3.1.5 Pennsylvania Experience
• 4.0 CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
• 5.0 AVAILABILITY AND COST
  • 5.1 Availability
  • 5.2 Cost
  • 5.3 Producers
  • 5.4 Suppliers and Fabricators
  • 5.5 FHWA
  • 5.6 State Departments of Transportation
  • 5.7 Academia
  • 5.8 Websites
• 6.0 RESEARCH
• 7.0 STATES WITH HPS BRIDGES
• 8.0 CLOSING REMARKS
• 9.0 REFERENCES
• 10.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• 11.0 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• 12.0 APPENDICES
  • Appendix A - Sample HPS Special Provisions
  • Appendix B - Research Problem Statement Format and Sample Statement
  • Appendix C - HPS Scoreboard

Note: Substantial effort has been made to assure that all data and information in this HPS Designers' Guide are accurate and useful to the designers in considering high performance steels in their bridge projects. As the data and information may change with time, the designers must verify the accuracy and appropriateness of the data and information before finalizing the design and special provisions. Although this Guide is intended for use by designers competent in the design of highway bridges, the team leaders, supervisors, and managers of bridge engineering, and the general readers may also find the Guide helpful in gaining better understanding of the properties and benefits of high performance steels.

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration Western Resource Center
201 Mission Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94105

Gary Hamby, Director of Field Services
Glenn Clinton, Resource Center Manager
Roland Nimis, Team Leader, Infrastructure Team Leader
M. Myint Lwin, Structural Design Engineer