Abstract: Curvature greatly complicates the behavior of horizontally curved steel plate girders used in bridge superstructures. The warping stress gradient across the width of I-girder flange plates reduces the vertical bending ...

Abstract: In 1992 the Federal Highway Administration, along with 13 states, began a project to study the behavior of horizontally curved steel bridges. The project is referred to as the Curved Steel Bridge Research Project and ...

Abstract: Horizontally curved I-girders are subjected to combined vertical bending and torsion under gravity loading alone. The torsional behavior of open I-shaped girders is commonly and conveniently equated to self-equilibrating ...

Abstract: Two analytical approaches are used to investigate the effect of curvature on the elastic local buckling behavior of horizontally curved I-girder compression flanges. First, a governing differential equation for the isolated ...

Abstract: This paper first describes the current state of analysis for the response of unreinforced concrete masonry walls subjected to lateral uniform pressure. The formulation is based on the initial elastic response, the subsequent ...

Abstract: This paper describes the development of analytical models used to predict the response of bonded membrane retrofit concrete masonry walls subjected to out-of-plane impulse pressure loads. Full scale tests have shown ...

Abstract: Curvature greatly complicates the behavior of curved plate girders used in bridges. The out-of-plane “bulging” displacement of the curved web results in an increase in stress, which must be considered in the design of plate ...

Abstract: Two previous papers by the writers described the buckling and finite-displacement behavior of curved I-girder web panels subjected to pure bending, presented a theoretically pure analytical model, and presented equations ...

Abstract: Curvature greatly complicates the behavior of curved plate girders used in bridges. The out-of-plane “bulging” displacement of the curved web results in an increase in stress, which must be considered in the design of plate ...

Abstract: Two previous papers by the writers described the buckling and finite-displacement behavior of curved I-girder web panels without longitudinal stiffeners subjected to pure bending, presented a theoretically pure analytical ...