For the design of a culvert footing, in addition to the loads transmitted from the culvert and the weight of the soil fill on top of the footing, is it standard practice to also consider earth pressure loads and live load surcharges acting on the footing? Earth pressure loads and live load...
I am obtaining the reactions at the bottom of the pier column (longitudinal force Fx, transversal force Fy) to design the pier foundation. The pier foundation has the same skew of the bridge (alfa). What is the correct form to account for the skew on the footing(longitudinal force Fx'...
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When an opening on the stem of a reinforced concrete retaining wall is required for a sewer pipe, what are the changes that should be considered in the design loads when compared to a retaining wall without the opening? Depending on the ratio between the area of the opening and the total...
The CL-W Lane Load specified by the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code consists of 80% of the CL-W Truck value and a uniformly distributed load of 9 kN/m.
In case of multi-lane loading a modification factor is applied. If the bridges has 3 lanes, for example, so there will be 3 trucks (1 per...
