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Bridge Design Aids

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• TOC - TABLE OF CONTENTS
• SECTION 1 - Abutments
• SECTION 2 - Footings
• SECTION 3 - Retaining Walls (Under construction)
  • 3-8 Mechanically Stabilized Embankments
  • 3-8 Attachment 1
  • 3-8 Attachment 2
  • 3-8 Attachment 3
  • 3-8 Attachment 4
  • 3-8 Attachment 5
• SECTION 4 - Concrete Slabs (old)
  • 4-10 Design of Standard Slab Bridge
  • 4-10 Attachment A
  • 4-10 Attachment B
  • 4-10 Attachment C
  • 4-10 Attachment D
  • 4-10 Attachment E
  • 4-10 Attachment F
  • 4-10 Attachment G
• SECTION 5 - Concrete Design
  • 5-81 Anchorage to Concrete
• SECTION 6 - Prestressed Concrete (old)
  • 6-1 Precast-Prestressed Concrete Girders
  • 6-4 Prestressing Steel-Design Properties
• SECTION 7 - Steel Design
• SECTION 8 - Influence Lines
• SECTION 9 - Live Load Moments and Shears (Old)
  • 9-1 HL-93 Loading (LRFD)
  • 9-81 Table of Maximum Moments and Shears for P-15 Load
• SECTION 10 - Type Selection
• SECTION 11 - Estimating
• SECTION 12 - Piles
• SECTION 13 - Columns
• SECTION 14 - Seismic
  • 14-1 Hinge Restrainer Design Method
  • 14-1A Restrainer Material Properties and Design
  • 14-2 Steel Column Casing Design and Details
  • 14-3 Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites Column Casing Systems
  • 14-4 Joint Shear Modeling Guidelines for Existing Structures
  • 14-5 Example Seismic Retrofit Details
• SECTION 15 - Miscellaneous
• SECTION 16 - Sound Walls
• SECTION 17 - Deck Drains