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This webinar includes discussion on the terminology and construction of drilled shafts, identification of limit states and resistance factors, development and use of axial resistance charts, concept of mobilized resistance, group efficiency factors for evaluation of axial resistance of shafts in groups, p-multipliers for evaluation of lateral resistance of shafts in groups, redundancy, evaluation of settlement ....
read moreThis webinar presents fundamentals of LRFD. It presents an overview of civil engineering design platforms (ASD, LFD and LRFD) including benefits and limitations and discussed the concept of safety using deterministic and probabilistic concepts. The contrast of reliability index with safety factor...
read moreThis example problem presents a detailed solution for a typical cast-in-place (CIP) wall used by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). A sloping backfill configuration is assumed. The solution uses ADOT policies to demonstrate the application of LRFD principles in analyzing the external stability limit states that include...
read moreThis example problem presents a detailed solution for a typical cast-in-place (CIP) wall used by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). A level backfill configuration with a traffic barrier and live load surcharge is assumed. The solution uses ADOT policies to demonstrate the application...
read morePresentation at Western Bridge Engineers' Seminar - Phoenix 2011
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