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°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 |
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 |