Abstract: In February 1996 the Tennessee Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, the American Iron and Steel Institute, the U.S. Navy, and various steel plate manufacturers, agreed to ...

Abstract: The simplified equal distribution factor (EDF) method for live load shear presented in this study originates from Henry’s method, a method that has been used in Tennessee for nearly forty years. Henry’s method allows for ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a simplified method, known as Henry’s method, for the calculation of distribution factors of the live load moment. Using the simplified method, the live load effects are equally distributed in all ...

Abstract: This paper presents a case study on a high-performance concrete (HPC) bridge in Tennessee. The bridge is a twin bridge with high-strength concrete (HSC) beams in one bridge lane and normal-strength concrete (NSC) beams in ...