[Webinar]Integral Abutment Bridges: midas Civil Technical Talk and Project Application with AECOM

Integral bridges are a bridge typology where the superstructure and substructure (abutments/piles) are integral to each other, without the use of joints or bearings. This design feature reduces the requirement for maintenance and replacement of bearings, resulting in cost savings during construction and operations. However, this design approach can lead to increased stresses in the deck and substructures due to the repeated thermal cycles and the development of the so-called Ratcheting Effect and requires more sophisticated analyses to account for the soil-structure interaction effects taking place over the design life of the structures.