STOCHASTIC ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN TIMBERS FOR BRIDGE DECKS IN ACCORDANCE TO AASHTO LFRD

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dc.contributor.authorPETER ABAYOMI, OWOEYE
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-18T13:56:44Z
dc.date.available2016-05-18T13:56:44Z
dc.date.issued2014-12
dc.descriptionM. Sc. THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis work provides results for stochastic safetyevaluation of Nigerian timbers for bridge decks in accordance to American Association of State Transportation and Highway Officials (AASHTO) Load Resistance Factored Design (LRFD) design specifications.A timber bridge is modeled in accordance to AASHTO LRFD, 2010, to represent real life experiment in order to depict the structural behavior of planks when used as a bridge deck. This model was then subjected to some degree of entropy using Advanced Second Moment Reliability Assessment (ASMRA) method, which was subsequently analysed using JAVA library with the help of Flanagan polynomial.Experimental data collected from literature was comparedwith the current Nigerian Code of Practice, NCP 2, 1973 for timber, and were used for the assessment. It was observed that, strength classes, timber thicknesses and stringer spacing are the major factors among others influencing the structural behavior of Nigerian timber proposed as bridge decks. Therefore, the major classes of Nigerian timber recommended for bridge decks are timber within the strength classes N1 to N4 with dimensions ranging from 100 x 250mm to 150 x 300mm on stringers spaced not greater than 300mm, depending on the strength class adopted; with timber belonging to the higher strength classes taking the lower dimension. An exception to this, are timber which belong to the strength class N1, where the stringers can be spaced at 450mm using timber with dimension not lower then 100mm thick and width not less than 250mm.The recommended strength classes with associated material properties can be a source of sustainable bridge deck material over a reasonable period of time as indicated by the probability of failure as a result of damage due to load accumulation. In view of this, timber which is a locally available material can be used as substitute for the expensive concrete and steel which are the most commonly used materials.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7886
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSTOCHASTIC ASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAN TIMBERS,en_US
dc.subjectBRIDGE DECKS,en_US
dc.subjectACCORDANCE,en_US
dc.subjectAASHTO LFRD,en_US
dc.titleSTOCHASTIC ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN TIMBERS FOR BRIDGE DECKS IN ACCORDANCE TO AASHTO LFRDen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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