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OCR for page 70
70 Abbreviations AASHTO Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI American Concrete Institute AFOSM Advanced First-Order Second-Moment AISC American Institute of Steel Construction ANSI American National Standards Institute API American Petroleum Institute ASD Allowable Stress Design CDF Cumulative Density Function CIP Cast-in-Place CIRIA Construction Industry Research and Information Association COV Coefficients of Variation CPT Cone Penetration Testing DL Design Load DOT Department of Transportation FHWA Federal Highway Administration FOSM First-Order Second-Moment FS Factors of Safety ft feet, foot GEC Geotechnical Engineering Circular GFRP Glass-Fiber Reinforced Polymer GUTS Guaranteed Ultimate Tensile Strength HDPE High-Density Polyethylene in. inch(es) kPa kilopascal LRFD Load and Resistance Factor Design MOM Mononobe-Okabe Method MPa megapascal MSE Mechanically Stabilized Earth NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program PDF Probability Density Function PMT Pressuremeter Test psi pounds per square inch PTI Post-Tensioning Institute PVC Polyvinyl Chloride SI International System SNW Soil Nail Wall

OCR for page 70
71 SPT Standard Penetration Test tsf tons per square foot U.S. United States WWM Welded Wire Mesh