Astani Dept Seminar: Load Resistance Factor Design For California Highway Bridge Foundations
A Seminar on "Resistance Factor Design For California Highway Bridge
Foundations"
BY SHARID K. AMIRI; Ph.D., PE Caltrans, Irvine.
The design of highway bridge foundation has been evolving and has gone
through major changes especially in the recent years. All new highway
bridges in California are being designed using the Load & Resistance Factor
Design (LRFD) methodology. An overview of the methodology is presented where
advantages and disadvantages are also discussed. The geotechnical and
structural aspects of deep foundation design along with its seismic response
using the LRFD approach are presented.