Comprehensive Design Example for Prestressed Concrete (PSC) Girder Superstructure Bridge
3. Flow Charts
Substructure Integral Abutment Design Flow Chart Text
- Generate applied dead load and live load for the abutment components. (Design Step 7.11)
- Determine controlling limit state. Factor the loads according to Table S3.4.1-1 to be applied for pile design (Design Step 7.1.2)
- Check pile compressive resistance (S6.15 and S6.9.2). Determine number of piles and corresponding spacing. (Design Step 7.1.3.1)
- Design pile cap reinforcement. Check flexure and shear. (Design Step 7.1.4)
- Check the flexure and shear resistance of the backwall. (Design Step 7.1.4.1)
- Design wingwall (Design Step 7.1.5)
- Design approach slab for flexure (Design Step 7.1.6)
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