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Integral abutment bridges (IABs) are a cost-effective design method for bridges. Recently, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA-DOTD) constructed their first two IABs; one was supported by HP steel piles driven in clayey soil while the other was supported by pre-stressed precast concrete (PPC) piles driven into fine sand deposit. The use of PPC piles has long been recognized as a good option for Louisiana bridges. However, there are concerns that the rigidity of the piles driven in sandy soils might cause excessive stresses in the bridge superstructure. This paper presents the instrumentation plan of two 36 in (914.4 mm) square PPC piles and the bent-soil interaction. Sisterbar strain gauges were attached to the pre-stressing strands in the piles along with nine pressure cells that were attached to the face of the bent supporting the piles. The bridge deformations were mainly controlled by the piles’ rigidity, soil resistances surrounding the piles, and connection behaviors between the pile-bent. Based on the observed temperature effects, the design of the piles of the Caminada Bay Bridge is very conservative. The piles experienced very low bending moments and very small amount of pressure on the backfill soil.
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The authors appreciate the financial support from the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, and the Innovative Bridge Research and Deployment (IBRD) program, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The authors would like to acknowledge the help, guidance, and administrative direction provided to them by Dr. Walid R. Alaywan, senior structural research engineer at LTRC.
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Alshibli, K., Druckrey, A., Voyiadjis, G.Z. (2018). Field Monitoring of Concrete Piles of an Integral Abutment Bridge. In: Abu-Farsakh, M., Alshibli, K., Puppala, A. (eds) Advances in Analysis and Design of Deep Foundations. GeoMEast 2017. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61642-1_18
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