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In Seismic Design of Precast Concrete Bridges, you'll learn ...
- Potential causes of earthquake damage to bridges with precast components
- Seismic performance criteria for precast concrete bridge structures
- Precast systems and components (superstructure types & substructure components)
- Seismic design criteria of the AASHTO specifications
Overview
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Credit: 5 PDH
Length: 100 pages
Precast concrete bridge components and systems provide effective and economical design solutions for new bridge construction and for the rehabilitation of existing bridges. The use of precast components can shorten road closure times, minimize interference with traffic flow, and accomplish the objective often cited by officials to “get in, get out, and stay out.”
This course is intended to augment, and not replace the AASHTO Guide Specifications for LRFD Seismic Bridge Design (AASHTO, 2009) (referred to herein as the LRFD Seismic Guide Specifications) or any agency requirements for seismic analysis or design. The designer should verify the latest applicable standards with the owner and discuss any necessary exceptions before beginning design.
For current state‐of‐the‐practice, the seismic design of precast concrete bridges employs an AASHTO‐LRFD Type 1 design strategy and uses connections between precast concrete elements and between cast‐in‐place (CIP) concrete and precast concrete elements that are intended to emulate the behavior of CIP concrete connections.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Potential causes of earthquake damage to bridges with precast components
- Seismic hazard maps
- Seismic performance criteria for precast concrete bridge structures
- Precast systems and components (superstructure types & substructure components)
- Structural response of a various systems of precast bridges
- Seismic design criteria of the AASHTO specifications
- Various connection details of precast bridges in details
- Step by step design examples plus detailed calculations & checks with screen shots of the used software
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 31 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 5 PDH
Length: 100 pages
