Evaluating existing culverts for load capacity allowing for soil structure interaction (open access)

Evaluating existing culverts for load capacity allowing for soil structure interaction

Report on a study exploring culvert load-rating practices and procedures and finding ways to address the discrepancies between actual culvert performance and culvert analysis practices. The study used the Texas Department of Transportation's archive of culvert designs and inventory of 13,000 in-service reinforced concrete box culverts as the basis of their data.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Lawson, William D.; Wood, Timothy A.; Newhouse, Charles D. & Jayawickrama, Priyantha W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic capacity of type-h inlets: final report (open access)

Hydraulic capacity of type-h inlets: final report

Report on the performance of Type H Inlets as median drains for divided highways. The study consists of a literature review, experimental results of drain performance, and recommendations for estimation of Type H inlet performance.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Cleveland, Theodore G.; Rainwater, Kenneth A.; Smirnov, Sergey; Barnes, Wade; DaCosta, Larissa; Basnet, Bijay et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pavement Repair Guidelines for Longitudinal Joints (open access)

Pavement Repair Guidelines for Longitudinal Joints

This report provides information on the implementations of Project 5-5444-01, "Pilot Implementation of Pavement Repair Guidelines for Longitudinal Cracks and joints," applies the lessons and recommendations from the previous Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) funded Center for Transportation Research (CTR) Research Project 0-5444, "Rehabilitation Procedures for Longitudinal Cracks and Joints Separation in Concrete Pavement,: which investigated the causes and repairs of longitudinal joint separations and faulting.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Fowler, David W.; Whitney, David & Ha, Soojun
System: The Portal to Texas History