Engineering Studies of Historic Truss Performance

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	Federal Grant Title:	Engineering Studies of Historic Truss Performance
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	National Park Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Transportation
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NPS-NOI-WASO-2270100008
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jan 05, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jan 05, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 14, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 14, 2010
	Archive Date:	Feb 13, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$50,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$50,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: OVERVIEW Heritage Documentation Programs, specifically, the Historic American Engineering Record, is engaged in a multi-year study funded by the Federal Highways Administration documenting historic covered bridges. The work proposed to be performed under this agreement will be engineering studies of historic truss performance, a critical but difficult to perform type of documentation. A classic Howe truss with cast-iron nodes will be selected and a series of engineering studies carried out, culminating in a report on the behavior of the Howe truss under load. Because of the difficulties of performing these studies in the field with an in-use structure, they will be undertaken in an engineering laboratory once the truss has been disassembled, moved, and reassembled. The truss will be shored, verticals loosened, instrumentation installed, nuts tightened to change stress levels in members, shoring removed, and live loads applied. The resulting data will be useful in calibrating analytical models for the Howe truss. The final report will complement documentation (measured drawings, historical report and large-format photographs) produced by HAER, and will provide understandable, practical information on the behavior, modeling, and design of Howe truss bridges. The results will have application to many of the 140 Howe trusses in existence, and it could also be used in designing new covered bridges.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Heidi Sage Contract Specialist (Contractor) Phone 303-969-2755

heidi_sage@contractor.nps.gov [heidi_sage@contractor.nps.gov]