Tech Brief: Performance and Analysis of Concrete Bridge Railing using Conventional and Composite Reinforcement Materials

US Transportation Collection2018PDFTech ReportAlaywan, Walid R.Louisiana Transportation Research CenterLouisiana. Department of Transportation and DevelopmentLouisiana Transportation Research CenterLouisianaUnited StatesBridge railingsConcrete structuresYield line methodCollapsePrecast concreteInstrumentationField testsprecast barriersyield line theoryLTRC Technical Summary 547The principal objective of this study was to assess the structural adequacy and strength of a precast concrete bridge railing section used by DOTD for the current national cooperative highway\u2019s (NCHRP Report 350) guidelines and for the recommended changes in the Texas study.120