I am designing a soldier pile and lagging wall adjacent to a railroad. The excavation will be about 22ft deep and to rock. The rock is grey shale with about the top 5 ft weathered. Below this, the rock is fairly competent (RQD~75%-85%), and have assumed that the pile is fixed here.
Where can...
I am currently working on the end support of a two pin steel arch, I am looking for any information in print that dicusses the design of the upper and lower shoe grillages (that is the steel grillage from the end of the arch to the pin, and from the pin to the concrete skewback or pedestal). Is...
I am currently working on the end support of a two pin steel arch, I am looking for any information in print that dicusses the design of the upper and lower shoe grillages (that is the steel grillage from the end of the arch to the pin, and from the pin to the concrete skewback or pedestal). Is...
I am working on a through arch bridge (3 arch ribs, span 435ft +/-) and we are supporting the bridge deck from the arch utilizing bridge rope or wire rope.
I have a few questions:
- Are there more manufactures just than Williamsport Wire Rope?
- Is there anyone that knows or knows where I...
Is there anyone out there with experience using Expanded Polystyrene (EPS or commonly known as styrofoam)as the "filler" in compensated foundations.
I am considering using EPS beneath a bridge foundation in a location where the soil conditions are very poor. Soil borings taken...
