Truss Analysis of Wood Covered Bridges

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	Federal Grant Title:	Truss Analysis of Wood Covered Bridges
	CFDA Number:	00.000
	CFDA Description:	Not Elsewhere Classified
	Federal Agency Name:	National Park Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NPS-09WASO-00003
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jun 16, 2009
	Creation Date:	Jun 16, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 26, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 26, 2009
	Archive Date:	Jul 26, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$50,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$26,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a single source award to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activities based on a number of demonstrable factors. JHU Civil Engineering department has special expertise in the study of the engineering aspects of historic wood structures. This expertise in both experimental and computational modeling are relevant to advancing our understanding of historic structures. Due to earlier work with the NPS in performing innovative tests on historic covered bridges, JHU will be able to begin this project at an advanced stage.
Grant Description: Many of the trusses used on covered wood bridges were designed and built without modern engineering analysis. Consequently, even though many have withstood decades and, in the case of some, over a century of use, we have very little understanding of how they "work" as engineering structures. Under this cooperative agreement, Johns Hopkins University will apply modern engineering tests and analyses to these trusses to attempt to determine which features of the bridges carry live and dead loads. The result will shed new, definitive light on the behavior of the bridges and their trusses.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Elizabeth Walden Contracting Officer Phone 303-987-6739

work [beth_walden@nps.gov]
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