Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Arockiasamy, Madasamy

Abstract

Integral construction is being used to reduce the maintenance cost and avoid problems associated with bridge deck joints. Continuous deck jointless bridges with joints only at abutments and integral bridges with no joints at abutments are two major types of integral constructions being adopted. Integral abutment bridges accommodate superstructure movements without conventional expansion joints. The current practices adopted by various state departments of transportation are evaluated to arrive at a rational design procedure for integral abutment bridges. An illustrative numerical design example of an integral abutment bridge is presented with emphasis on the pile-soil interaction, temperature, creep and shrinkage effects and varying soil strata. Important design parameters are identified concerning the selection and design of pile, use of predrilled hole, the type of fill in the predrilled hole, elevation of water table, soil type, and pile orientation. The effect of these parameters are analyzed using LPILE and FB-Pier computer programs.

Extent

226 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT12868

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