Abstract: The working stress, load factor and autostress methods are applied to the rating of composite and noncomposite steel beam and girder bridge structures. These three methods are developed and used to rate a series of 16 ...

Abstract: A practical approach to the distortional analysis of steel box girders is presented herein. The EBEF (equivalent beam on elastic foundation) method is an enhancement of the BEF (beam on elastic foundation) method, which ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to determine the locations of the neutral axis and the effective flange widths for steel girder bridges that may be used in bridge design or, at least, in the bridge rating process. A study ...

Abstract: A study using field test results was conducted to determine the effect of live load for the slab-and-beam bridge structures. From the field testing of four existing bridge structures under the real truck loading, the live ...