This report includes the proposed design provisions and an example of the determination of the design loads on a sound barrier using the proposed specifications. The proposed specifications included in this report has been prepared assuming that the design ...

<p>For many years, engineers have designed foundations, walls and culverts for highway and other geotechnical applications using allowable stress design (ASD) methods. In ASD, all uncertainties in the load and resistance are combined into a global factor of ...

<p>Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) (often called limit states design (LSD)) has been mandated in the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications and will be adopted in future editions of Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code for all transportation-related structures ...

<p>This Reference Manual is intended principally to serve as a supplement to the Participant&rsquo;s Workbook for the FHWA&rsquo;s National Highway Institute Course on Load and Resistance Factor Design for Highway Bridge Substructures. The Reference Manual ...

The purpose of this Circular is to assist both structural and geotechnical engineers to better understand the calibration process and what information is required to perform such calibrations. The Circular describes how such calibration efforts need to be ...

The primary objective of this study is to propose a Limit States Design method for shallow and deep foundations that is based on a rational, probability-based investigation of design methods. In particular, Load and Resistance Factor Design is used to facilitate ...

This report contains the findings of a study to develop resistance factors for driven pile and drilled shaft foundations. These factors are recommended for inclusion in Section 10 of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications to reflect current best practice ...

<p>Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) is the standard structural design practice. In order for foundation design to be consistent with current structural design practice, the use of the same loads, load factors, and load combinations would be required. ...

<p>Load factor design (LFD) codes have been used in the US since the 1970&rsquo;s, and in the highway industry since 1977, but their application was limited to the design of superstructure components. Introduction of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications ...

<p>In the last decade, the use of soil nailing in the United States has increased significantly as a method to construct retaining structures in cut applications (top-down construction). Under favorable soil conditions, soil nail walls present advantages over ...