Abstract: After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans) began an ambitious program to screen, prioritize, and retrofit 2,000 seismically deficient California bridges. It was unfortunate ...

Abstract: Results of comprehensive nonlinear response history analyses on a range of configurations representing typical highway overcrossings subjected to combined effects of vertical and horizontal components of near-fault ground ...

Abstract: Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to the transportation system in the Gulf Coast region. The overall cost to repair or replace the bridges damaged during the hurricane is estimated at over $1 billion. This paper ...