I have a question on this though:
When a particular scour depth is provided as in the sketch above, how do we determine the extent of wingwall, as scour does not only happen in front of the abutment (horizontal extent of scour back of the abutment). We need to retain earth and protect the...
Relative settlement with respect to adjacent piers would also add to positive moment at a pier. Are you seeing these as well? If so, sometimes these can be reduced based on geotechnical studies. Depends on project specs and the DOT involved too I guess. Reduction of settlement effects can also...
HI All,
We have several very good people helping us with drafting, recently hired, who are new to doing works on bridges. I was wondering if there are any good references or books that I could share with them preferably dealing in a conceptual manner. Some concepts that are particular to...
