Abstract: The prediction of the bearing capacity (qrs) of unreinforced sand bed and geogrid-reinforced sand bed resting over a group of stone columns floating in soft clay is an important task due to the complex geometry and uncertainty ...

Abstract: Serviceability issues related to lightweight pedestrian bridges have attracted a great deal of attention in the literature since the London Millennium Bridge incident, which involved large amplitude motions during its ...

Abstract: The design of pedestrian bridges (PBs) is typically governed by the serviceability limit state under human-induced excitation. A comprehensive evaluation of the reliability level achieved in designing for this limit state ...

Abstract: A triangular element based on Reissner–Mindlin plate theory is developed and it is applied to free vibration analysis of plates in different situations. The element has three corner nodes, three mid-side nodes and an ...

Abstract: Aluminum structures provide a high strength-to-weight ratio, are corrosion resistant, and are esthetically pleasing. Hence, their use in bridge construction has recently begun to increase, especially for pedestrian bridges. ...