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  1. GTEngr

    Determination of Lateral Capacity of Piles for Bridge Foundation

    Thank you all for your help. I actually found the following document used in India, which was fairly easy to use for anyone else having a similar issue (the cover page is also quite catchy): https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/S03/is.2911.1.1.2010.pdf As a side note, unfortunately, FHWA no...
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    Determination of Lateral Capacity of Piles for Bridge Foundation

    PEinc, Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I do not have access to this software, and I am unable to get this information from the geotech consultant. The bridge is actually located in Cambodia, and many of the consultants used for the project are difficult to contact. Is there any...
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    Determination of Lateral Capacity of Piles for Bridge Foundation

    I am currently redesigning a 3 span, single lane bridge. According to my calculations, the bridge is failing due to sliding, but I have not considered the lateral capacity of the pile (2 rows of 6 piles each) as a part of the resisting forces. I would like to include these in order to avoid...
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    Wingwall contribution to resisting overturning

    Hi, I am checking the substructure design of a skew bridge with wing walls at varying angles to the abutments. I understand that the wing walls help to resist the overturning moment, but I am unsure of the calculations for this effect. What area of the wing wall should be considered and where...

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