Abstract: Hydraulic failure, which encompasses scour, flooding, and overtopping, accounts for most bridge failures in the United States. The research reported herein aimed to evaluate the current practice of bridge hydraulic ...

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) deck-to-girder connection was evaluated for fatigue resistance and residual capacity in the transverse direction. The connection consisted of three shear studs cast into a trapezoidal cell ...

Abstract: Temperature-based structural identification (TBSI) is a quantitative structural evaluation approach that relies on responses resulting from temperature fluctuations. Through this approach, the transfer function that defines ...

Abstract: Nail connections salvaged from the timber floor diaphragms of two

Abstract: To investigate the effectiveness of several seismic strengthening techniques, a full-scale unreinforced masonry (URM) structure was subjected to slowly applied lateral load reversals after the application of fiber reinforced ...

Abstract: A full-scale two-story unreinforced masonry (URM) building was tested in a quasistatic fashion to investigate the nonlinear properties of existing URM structures and to assess the efficiency of several common retrofit ...

Abstract: Based on the results of a full-scale lateral load test of a two-story unreinforced masonry (URM) structure, modifications are suggested for the model implied by

Abstract: A variety of elastic and inelastic analytical approaches were used to investigate the response of a full-scale unreinforced masonry (URM) structure tested in the laboratory. Elastic analyses, employing a three-dimensional ...