dc.contributor.author | Nader, Riley N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-31T14:55:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-31T14:55:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-31T14:55:02Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81502 | |
dc.description.abstract | The design of timber bridges in Canada is carried out in conjunction with the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. A key feature of this code is the ability to employ a Simplified Method of Analysis (SMA) to determine the forces acting on a bridge and its various members. Since its introduction in the early 1980's, the SMA's development had been largely governed by steel/concrete bridges, rather than timber. As a result, for short-span timber bridges, the SMA is markedly over-conservative. Due to the SMA's over-conservatism when applied to such bridges, it identifies (often incorrectly) that many timber bridges do not satisfy code requirements.
This thesis presents a research study to (a) evaluate key parameters on the overall bridge and bridge member force distribution, and (b) develop a new method for accurate (yet, still safe) evaluation of short-span timber bridges that can consider these factors. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Timber | en_US |
dc.subject | Bridge | en_US |
dc.subject | Evaluation | en_US |
dc.subject | SMA | en_US |
dc.subject | Wooden bridges | |
dc.title | Evaluation of Simplified Methods of Analysis for Timber Bridges | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2022-03-24 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Civil and Resource Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Applied Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Barret Kurylyk | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Gordon Fenton | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Fadi Oudah | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Kyle Tousignant | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. John Newhook | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |