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2009 ITD Materials Conference

BACKGROUND . In the past, foundation design for bridges was based on Allowable Stress Design. ASD utilized a global factor of safety that lumped all the uncertainty associated with the design into a single value. ASD design was based on:Factor of Safety = Resistance / LoadFS = R / Q = 2.5 to 3.0.

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2009 ITD Materials Conference

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