LRFD Empirical Deck Design
LRFD Empirical Deck Design
(OP)
One of the provisions for using the empirical design is that the overhang beyond the centerline of the outside girder is 5.0 times the depth of the slab or 3.0 times the depth of the slab and a structurally continuous barrier rail is made composite with the overhang. The barrier rails that will be used are composite with the deck, but they are built in 6m segments with an open joint between the segments. Is this considered to be structurally continuous?





RE: LRFD Empirical Deck Design
RE: LRFD Empirical Deck Design
If you do not have the proper lateral restraint for the exterior beam to have arching action, you should design the deck by some other method.
RE: LRFD Empirical Deck Design
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