Department of Civil, Construction &
Environmental Engineering


Sponsor(s)


Evaluation of a Prestressed Concrete Bridge Constructed using Ultra High-Performance Concrete


Principal Investigator: Terry Wipf
Co-Principal Investigator: Sivalingam Sritharan
Brent Phares
Team Members: Brian Degen
Sponsor(s): Iowa Department of Transportation
Start Date: 07/01/2003
End Date: 12/31/2006
Keywords: Precast/Prestressed Structural Systems, Ultra High Performance Concrete

Project Description:

Evaluate the innovative material performance and preliminary engineering of a bridge in Wapello County constructed of ultra-high performance concrete.

Publications:

1) Wapello County will build first-in-the-nation bridge , Technology News, 06/30/2005
2) First ultra-high-performance concrete bridge, CTRE en Route, 08/01/2003