Abstract: A new concept for bridge tower designs in seismic zones incorporates sacrificial link schemes that enable the tower shafts to remain elastic under large seismic excitation. In order to study the influence of inelastic tower ...

Abstract: Nonlinear time history analyses were performed to investigate the seismic response of the new San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge East Span self-anchored suspension (SAS) bridge and cable-stayed (CS) bridge alternative with ...

Abstract: Tests were conducted on two prototype steel shear links for the main tower of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay self-anchored suspension bridge to evaluate the link force and deformation capacities. The links were built-up ...