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°F                                  degrees Fahrenheit
|-
 
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1-D                              one dimensional
|degrees Celsius
 
|-
2-D                              two-dimensional
|°F
 
|degrees Fahrenheit
3-D                              three-dimensional
|-
 
|1-D
AADT                          annual average daily traffic
|one dimensional
 
|-
AASHTO                     American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
|2-D
 
|two-dimensional
ABC                            Accelerated Bridge Construction
|-
 
|3-D
ADA                            Americans with Disabilities Act
|three-dimensional
 
|-
ADD                            Addendum
|AADT
 
|annual average daily traffic
ADT                            average daily traffic
|-
 
|AASHTO
ADTT                          average daily truck traffic
|American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
 
|-
AHP                            Analytic Hierarchy Process
|ABC
 
|Accelerated Bridge Construction
APD                            accelerated project delivery
|-
 
|ADA
AREMA                       American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ''(but this manual uses the acronym to refer to the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering)''
|Americans with Disabilities Act
 
|-
ASCE                          American Society of Civil Engineers
|ADD
 
|Addendum
ASR                            alkali-silica reaction
|-
 
|ADT
ATON                          aids to navigation
|average daily traffic
 
|-
AWS                            American Welding Society
|ADTT
 
|average daily truck traffic
BFE                             Base Flood Elevation
|-
 
|AHP
BMS                            Bridge Management System
|Analytic Hierarchy Process
 
|-
BOEF                          Beam on elastic foundation
|APD
 
|accelerated project delivery
CADD                          computer-aided design and drafting
|-
 
|AREMA
CAPWAP                     Case Pile Wave Analysis Program
|American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ''(but this manual uses the acronym to refer to the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering)''
 
|-
CCA                             chromate copper arsenate
|ASCE
 
|American Society of Civil Engineers
CCNS                          closed cell neoprene sponge
|-
 
|ASR
CE                               carbon equivalent
|alkali-silica reaction
 
|-
CFA                             continuous flight auger
|ATON
 
|aids to navigation
CFR                            Code of Federal Regulations
|-
 
|AWS
CFRP                          carbon fiber reinforced polymer
|American Welding Society
 
|-
CJP                             complete joint penetration
|BFE
 
|Base Flood Elevation
CLOMR                       conditional letter of map revision
|-
 
|BMS
CMS                            Changeable Message Signs
|Bridge Management System
 
|-
CPM                            Critical Path Method
|BOEF
 
|Beam on elastic foundation
CPT                             Cone Penetrometer Tests
|-
 
|CADD
CSE                             copper-sulfate half-cell electrode
|computer-aided design and drafting
 
|-
CTP                             Capital Transportation Program
|CAPWAP
 
|Case Pile Wave Analysis Program
DCDPF                        ''Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations''
|-
 
|CCA
DEF                             delayed ettringite formation
|chromate copper arsenate
 
|-
DelDOT                       Delaware Department of Transportation
|CCNS
 
|closed cell neoprene sponge
DEM                            Digital Elevation Model
|-
 
|CE
DGM                           Design Guidance Memorandum
|carbon equivalent
 
|-
DHV                            Design Hourly Volume
|CFA
 
|continuous flight auger
DMS                           Dynamic Message Sign
|-
 
|CFR
DMT                           Dilatometer Test
|Code of Federal Regulations
 
|-
DNREC                      Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
|CFRP
 
|carbon fiber reinforced polymer
DRBA                         Delaware River and Bay Authority
|-
 
|CJP
DRC                           Design Resource Center
|complete joint penetration
 
|-
EAP                            Emergency Action Plan
|CLOMR
 
|conditional letter of map revision
EM                              Electromagnetics
|-
 
|CMS
EOR                           Engineer of Record
|Changeable Message Signs
 
|-
EPS                            expanded polystyrene
|CPM
 
|Critical Path Method
ERDC                         Engineer Research and Development Center
|-
 
|CPT
ESRI                           Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
|Cone Penetrometer Tests
 
|-
FCM                            fracture critical member
|CSE
 
|copper-sulfate half-cell electrode
FEMA                          Federal Emergency Management Agency
|-
 
|CTP
FHWA                         Federal Highway Administration
|Capital Transportation Program
 
|-
FIS                              Flood Insurance Study
|DCDPF
 
|''Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations''
ft                                 feet
|-
 
|DEF
FTP                            File Transfer Protocol
|delayed ettringite formation
 
|-
GeoHMS                    Geospatial Hydrologic Modeling Extension
|DelDOT
 
|Delaware Department of Transportation
GIS                             geographic information system
|-
 
|DEM
GPR                           Ground Penetrating Radar
|Digital Elevation Model
 
|-
GRS/IBS                    Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil / Integrated Bridge System
|DGM
 
|Design Guidance Memorandum
GUI                             graphical user’s interface
|-
 
|DHV
H:V                             Horizontal:Vertical
|Design Hourly Volume
 
|-
HDPE                         high density polyethylene
|DMS
 
|Dynamic Message Sign
HEC                           Hydraulic Engineering Circular ''or'' Hydrologic Engineering Center
|-
 
|DMT
HEC-HMS                  Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrologic Modeling System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
|Dilatometer Test
 
|-
HEC-RAS                  Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
|DNREC
 
|Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
HEC-SSP                  Hydrologic Engineering Center Statistical Software Package
|-
 
|DRBA
HFAWG                     Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group
|Delaware River and Bay Authority
 
|-
H&H                           hydrologic and hydraulic
|DRC
 
|Design Resource Center
HLMR                        high-load multi-rotational
|-
 
|EAP
HMA                           hot-mix asphalt
|Emergency Action Plan
 
|-
HMWM                       high molecular weight metharylate
|EM
 
|Electromagnetics
HPS                            high-performance steel
|-
 
|EOR
HW                             headwater
|Engineer of Record
 
|-
IGM                            Intermediate Geomaterial
|EPS
 
|expanded polystyrene
IR                               Infrared
|-
 
|ERDC
LCCA                         life-cycle cost analysis
|Engineer Research and Development Center
 
|-
LiDAR '''                     '''  light detection and ranging (remote sensing method)
|ESRI
 
|Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
LMC                           latex modified concrete
|-
 
|FEMA
LOC                           limits of construction
|Federal Emergency Management Agency
 
|-
LOMR                        Letter of Map Revision
|FHWA
 
|Federal Highway Administration
LRFD                         load and resistance factor design
|-
 
|FIS
LRFR                         Load and Resistance Factor Rating
|Flood Insurance Study
 
|-
LTEC                          least total expected cost
|ft
 
|feet
M&R                           Material and Research
|-
 
|FTP
MAP-21                      Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
|File Transfer Protocol
 
|-
MASH                         Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
|GeoHMS
 
|Geospatial Hydrologic Modeling Extension
MASW                        Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves
|-
 
|GIS
MBE                           Manual for Bridge Evaluation
|geographic information system
 
|-
MCFT                         Modified Compression Field Theory
|GPR
 
|Ground Penetrating Radar
MHW                          mean high water
|-
 
|GRS/IBS
MLW                           mean low water
|Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil / Integrated Bridge System
 
|-
MOT                           maintenance of traffic
|GUI
 
|graphical user’s interface
MR&R                        maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation
|-
 
|H:V
MSE                           mechanically stabilized earth
|Horizontal:Vertical
 
|-
NAVD 88 '''                  ''' North American Vertical Datum of 1988
|HDPE
 
|high density polyethylene
NBI                            National Bridge Inventory
|-
 
|HEC
NBIS                          National Bridge Inspection Standards
|Hydraulic Engineering Circular ''or'' Hydrologic Engineering Center
 
|-
NCHRP                      National Cooperative Highway Research Program
|HEC-HMS
 
|Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrologic Modeling System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
NCSPA                      National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association
|-
 
|HEC-RAS
NEPCOAT                 Northeast Protective Coating Committee
|Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
 
|-
NFIP                          National Flood Insurance Program
|HEC-SSP
 
|Hydrologic Engineering Center Statistical Software Package
NHD                          National Hydrography Dataset
|-
 
|HFAWG
NHS                           National Highway System
|Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group
 
|-
NLF                            No-load fit
|H&H
 
|hydrologic and hydraulic
NOAA                         National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|-
 
|HLMR
NRCS                         Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
|high-load multi-rotational
 
|-
NSBA                         National Steel Bridge Alliance
|HMA
 
|hot-mix asphalt
OHW                          Ordinary High Water
|-
 
|HMWM
PBES                         prefabricated bridge elements and systems
|high molecular weight metharylate
 
|-
PCEF                         Prestressed Concrete Committee for Economic Fabrication
|HPS
 
|high-performance steel
PCI                             Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
|-
 
|HW
PCINE                        Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast
|headwater
 
|-
PDA                            Pile Driving Analyzer
|IGM
 
|Intermediate Geomaterial
PDF                            Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File
|-
 
|IR
PDM '''                          '''  [https://deldot.gov/Publications/reports/CTP/pdfs/project_development_manual.pdf DelDOT ''Project Development Manual'' (2015)]
|Infrared
 
|-
PEP                            plain elastomeric bearing pad
|LCCA
 
|life-cycle cost analysis
PoDI                           Projects of Division Interest
|-
 
|LiDAR
PMF                           Probable Maximum Flood
|light detection and ranging (remote sensing method)
 
|-
PMT                           Pressuremeter Test
|LMC
 
|latex modified concrete
PQR                           Procedure Qualification Records
|-
 
|LOC
PS&E                         plans, specifications, and estimate
|limits of construction
 
|-
PTFE                         Polytetrafluoroethylene
|LOMR
 
|Letter of Map Revision
QA                             Quality Assurance
|-
 
|LRFD
QC                             Quality Control
|load and resistance factor design
 
|-
QA/QC                       Quality assurance / Quality control
|LRFR
 
|Load and Resistance Factor Rating
RCRF                         Reinforced Concrete Rigid Frames
|-
 
|LTEC
RFI                             request for information
|least total expected cost
 
|-
RH                              rehabilitate
|M&R
 
|Material and Research
RMR                           Rock Mass Rating
|-
 
|MAP-21
RP                              replace
|Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
 
|-
RQD                           Rock Quality Designation
|MASH
 
|Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
S&O                           Stewardship and Oversight
|-
 
|MASW
SASW                        Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves
|Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves
 
|-
SCC                           self-consolidating concrete
|MBE
 
|Manual for Bridge Evaluation
SCL                           structural composite lumber
|-
 
|MCFT
SCS                           Soil Conservation Service
|Modified Compression Field Theory
 
|-
SDF                           Spillway Design Flood
|MHW
 
|mean high water
SDI                            slake durability index
|-
 
|MLW
SDLF                         steel dead load fit
|mean low water
 
|-
SDR                           structure data records
|MOT
 
|maintenance of traffic
SHV                           Specialized Hauling Vehicles
|-
 
|MR&R
SIP                             Stay-in-Place
|maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation
 
|-
SMS                           (Aquaveo) Surface-Water Modeling System
|MSE
 
|mechanically stabilized earth
SPMT                         self-propelled modular transporters
|-
 
|NAVD 88
SPT                            Standard Penetration Tests
|North American Vertical Datum of 1988
 
|-
SRICOS-EFA             Scour Rate in Cohesive Soil – Erosion Function Apparatus
|NBI
 
|National Bridge Inventory
SRM                          System Redundant Member
|-
 
|NBIS
STU                           Shock Transmission Unit
|National Bridge Inspection Standards
 
|-
TDLF                          total dead load fit
|NCHRP
 
|National Cooperative Highway Research Program
TIN                             triangulated irregular network
|-
 
|NCSPA
TRB                           Transportation Research Board
|National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association
 
|-
TS&L                         type, size, and location
|NEPCOAT
 
|Northeast Protective Coating Committee
UDC                          Unified Development Code (New Castle County)
|-
 
|NFIP
UH                             unit hydrograph
|National Flood Insurance Program
 
|-
UHPC                        ultra-high performance concrete
|NHD
 
|National Hydrography Dataset
UIT                            Ultrasonic Impact Treatment
|-
 
|NHS
USACE                     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|National Highway System
 
|-
USBR                       U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|NLF
 
|No-load fit
U.S.C.                       United States Code
|-
 
|NOAA
USGS                       U.S. Geological Survey
|National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 
|-
USGS SIR                USGS Scientific Investigations Report
|NRCS
 
|Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
VMS                         Variable Message Signs
|-
 
|NSBA
VST                          Vane Shear Test
|National Steel Bridge Alliance
 
|-
WDM                        Watershed Data Management
|NSTM
 
|non-redundant steel tension member (formerly FCM)
WMS                        Watershed Modeling System
|-
 
|OHW
WPS                        Welding Procedure Specifications
|Ordinary High Water
 
|-
WSE                        water surface elevations
|PBES
 
|prefabricated bridge elements and systems
YS/TS                      Yield strength/Tensile strength
|-
|PCEF
|Prestressed Concrete Committee for Economic Fabrication
|-
|PCI
|Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
|-
|PCINE
|Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast
|-
|PDA
|Pile Driving Analyzer
|-
|PDF
|Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File
|-
|PDM
|[https://deldot.gov/Publications/reports/CTP/pdfs/project_development_manual.pdf DelDOT ''Project Development Manual'' (2015)]
|-
|PEP
|plain elastomeric bearing pad
|-
|PoDI
|Projects of Division Involvement
|-
|PMF
|Probable Maximum Flood
|-
|PMT
|Pressuremeter Test
|-
|PQR
|Procedure Qualification Records
|-
|PS&E
|plans, specifications, and estimate
|-
|PTFE
|Polytetrafluoroethylene
|-
|QA
|Quality Assurance
|-
|QC
|Quality Control
|-
|QA/QC
|Quality assurance / Quality control
|-
|RCRF
|Reinforced Concrete Rigid Frames
|-
|RFI
|request for information
|-
|RH
|rehabilitate
|-
|RMR
|Rock Mass Rating
|-
|RP
|replace
|-
|RQD
|Rock Quality Designation
|-
|S&O
|Stewardship and Oversight
|-
|SASW
|Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves
|-
|SCC
|self-consolidating concrete
|-
|SCL
|structural composite lumber
|-
|SCS
|Soil Conservation Service
|-
|SDF
|Spillway Design Flood
|-
|SDI
|slake durability index
|-
|SDLF
|steel dead load fit
|-
|SDR
|structure data records
|-
|SHV
|Specialized Hauling Vehicles
|-
|SIP
|Stay-in-Place
|-
|SMS
|(Aquaveo) Surface-Water Modeling System
|-
|SPMT
|self-propelled modular transporters
|-
|SPT
|Standard Penetration Tests
|-
|SRICOS-EFA
|Scour Rate in Cohesive Soil – Erosion Function Apparatus
|-
|SRM
|System Redundant Member
|-
|STU
|Shock Transmission Unit
|-
|TDLF
|total dead load fit
|-
|TIN
|triangulated irregular network
|-
|TRB
|Transportation Research Board
|-
|TS&L
|type, size, and location
|-
|UDC
|Unified Development Code (New Castle County)
|-
|UH
|unit hydrograph
|-
|UHPC
|ultra-high performance concrete
|-
|UIT
|Ultrasonic Impact Treatment
|-
|USACE
|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|-
|USBR
|U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|-
|U.S.C.
|United States Code
|-
|USGS
|U.S. Geological Survey
|-
|USGS SIR
|USGS Scientific Investigations Report
|-
|VMS
|Variable Message Signs
|-
|VST
|Vane Shear Test
|-
|WDM
|Watershed Data Management
|-
|WMS
|Watershed Modeling System
|-
|WPS
|Welding Procedure Specifications
|-
|WSE
|water surface elevations
|-
|YS/TS
|Yield strength/Tensile strength
|}

Latest revision as of 10:46, 12 December 2022

Abbreviations and Acronyms
°C degrees Celsius
°F degrees Fahrenheit
1-D one dimensional
2-D two-dimensional
3-D three-dimensional
AADT annual average daily traffic
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ABC Accelerated Bridge Construction
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Addendum
ADT average daily traffic
ADTT average daily truck traffic
AHP Analytic Hierarchy Process
APD accelerated project delivery
AREMA American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (but this manual uses the acronym to refer to the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering)
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASR alkali-silica reaction
ATON aids to navigation
AWS American Welding Society
BFE Base Flood Elevation
BMS Bridge Management System
BOEF Beam on elastic foundation
CADD computer-aided design and drafting
CAPWAP Case Pile Wave Analysis Program
CCA chromate copper arsenate
CCNS closed cell neoprene sponge
CE carbon equivalent
CFA continuous flight auger
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFRP carbon fiber reinforced polymer
CJP complete joint penetration
CLOMR conditional letter of map revision
CMS Changeable Message Signs
CPM Critical Path Method
CPT Cone Penetrometer Tests
CSE copper-sulfate half-cell electrode
CTP Capital Transportation Program
DCDPF Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations
DEF delayed ettringite formation
DelDOT Delaware Department of Transportation
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DGM Design Guidance Memorandum
DHV Design Hourly Volume
DMS Dynamic Message Sign
DMT Dilatometer Test
DNREC Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
DRBA Delaware River and Bay Authority
DRC Design Resource Center
EAP Emergency Action Plan
EM Electromagnetics
EOR Engineer of Record
EPS expanded polystyrene
ERDC Engineer Research and Development Center
ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FIS Flood Insurance Study
ft feet
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GeoHMS Geospatial Hydrologic Modeling Extension
GIS geographic information system
GPR Ground Penetrating Radar
GRS/IBS Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil / Integrated Bridge System
GUI graphical user’s interface
H:V Horizontal:Vertical
HDPE high density polyethylene
HEC Hydraulic Engineering Circular or Hydrologic Engineering Center
HEC-HMS Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrologic Modeling System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
HEC-RAS Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
HEC-SSP Hydrologic Engineering Center Statistical Software Package
HFAWG Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group
H&H hydrologic and hydraulic
HLMR high-load multi-rotational
HMA hot-mix asphalt
HMWM high molecular weight metharylate
HPS high-performance steel
HW headwater
IGM Intermediate Geomaterial
IR Infrared
LCCA life-cycle cost analysis
LiDAR light detection and ranging (remote sensing method)
LMC latex modified concrete
LOC limits of construction
LOMR Letter of Map Revision
LRFD load and resistance factor design
LRFR Load and Resistance Factor Rating
LTEC least total expected cost
M&R Material and Research
MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
MASH Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
MASW Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves
MBE Manual for Bridge Evaluation
MCFT Modified Compression Field Theory
MHW mean high water
MLW mean low water
MOT maintenance of traffic
MR&R maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation
MSE mechanically stabilized earth
NAVD 88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NBI National Bridge Inventory
NBIS National Bridge Inspection Standards
NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NCSPA National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association
NEPCOAT Northeast Protective Coating Committee
NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
NHD National Hydrography Dataset
NHS National Highway System
NLF No-load fit
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
NSBA National Steel Bridge Alliance
NSTM non-redundant steel tension member (formerly FCM)
OHW Ordinary High Water
PBES prefabricated bridge elements and systems
PCEF Prestressed Concrete Committee for Economic Fabrication
PCI Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
PCINE Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast
PDA Pile Driving Analyzer
PDF Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File
PDM DelDOT Project Development Manual (2015)
PEP plain elastomeric bearing pad
PoDI Projects of Division Involvement
PMF Probable Maximum Flood
PMT Pressuremeter Test
PQR Procedure Qualification Records
PS&E plans, specifications, and estimate
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
QA/QC Quality assurance / Quality control
RCRF Reinforced Concrete Rigid Frames
RFI request for information
RH rehabilitate
RMR Rock Mass Rating
RP replace
RQD Rock Quality Designation
S&O Stewardship and Oversight
SASW Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves
SCC self-consolidating concrete
SCL structural composite lumber
SCS Soil Conservation Service
SDF Spillway Design Flood
SDI slake durability index
SDLF steel dead load fit
SDR structure data records
SHV Specialized Hauling Vehicles
SIP Stay-in-Place
SMS (Aquaveo) Surface-Water Modeling System
SPMT self-propelled modular transporters
SPT Standard Penetration Tests
SRICOS-EFA Scour Rate in Cohesive Soil – Erosion Function Apparatus
SRM System Redundant Member
STU Shock Transmission Unit
TDLF total dead load fit
TIN triangulated irregular network
TRB Transportation Research Board
TS&L type, size, and location
UDC Unified Development Code (New Castle County)
UH unit hydrograph
UHPC ultra-high performance concrete
UIT Ultrasonic Impact Treatment
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USBR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S.C. United States Code
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
USGS SIR USGS Scientific Investigations Report
VMS Variable Message Signs
VST Vane Shear Test
WDM Watershed Data Management
WMS Watershed Modeling System
WPS Welding Procedure Specifications
WSE water surface elevations
YS/TS Yield strength/Tensile strength
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