Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
-
ASSHTO Bridge Wheel Load Distribution for Permit Vehicle
Steve...looking at the 2011 Manual for Bridge Evaluation by AASHTO under Special Permit loads section 6A.4.5.4.1 it states that "The Loading for evaluation of special permits shall be the actual permit truck, axle loading, configuration, weight and distribution of load to the axle." In addition...- redtide
- Post #2
- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
-
Sitework Proposal
Wow this is a great question. On the surface it seem simple but these things vary widely. As a principal Civil Engineer for a large national company performing civil/structural/ mechanical/ electrical/ and process engineering we used 100 man hours per drawing for estimating purposes. Got lots...- redtide
- Post #5
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
-
Containment Dike Grading
3:1 is much easier to maintain like mowing etc...- redtide
- Post #2
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
