Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss and improve on the current highway bridge-footing design procedure. Five California highway-bridge-column footings are presented here as examples, and are analyzed by using both the ...

Abstract: Current standard evaluation procedures for compression gusset plates, the two-fold Whitmore section (Whitmore) buckling and the partial plane shear yielding (PPSY), as specified in The Manual for Bridge Evaluation (MBE), ...

Abstract: The aim of the work described in this paper is to provide an improved interaction equation for the design of braced‐steel, cylindrical tubular beam columns. It is found that the current American Institute of Steel Construction ...

Abstract: For designing steel beam‐columns, the present AISC‐LRFD, AISC‐ASD linear interaction equations are simple to use, but they have some weaknesses. The AISC‐ASD interaction equations have a jump from a long to a short member, ...

Abstract: The AISC‐LRFD (American Institute of Steel Construction‐Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification for Structural Steel Buildings) Specification provides rules for design of built‐up members. The slenderness ratios ...

Abstract: The alignment chart used in the present AISC and CAN3‐M84 specifications defines the column effective length factor

Abstract: The present AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction), ACI (American Concrete Institute), and CAN‐S16.1‐M84 Specifications use alignment charts conveniently to determine effective length factor for columns in both ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on the determination of section properties of latticed members for seismic retrofit of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. To consider actual section integrity for a latticed member, the concept of ...