Abstract: Current methods of steel‐bridge design, including the AASHTO Load Factor Design method, are based on elastic analyses with only limited implicit recognition of the ability of such members to adjust for. the effects of ...

Abstract: Despite the historical tendency toward proportioning and spacing braces based on rules of thumb, modern specification guidance stipulates that cross-frame design be supported with a rational analysis, which is commonly ...

Abstract: Many of the current fatigue design specifications for cross frames, especially those in composite steel bridge systems, have primarily been based on computational studies and component-level laboratory experiments. To fully ...