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Life Cycle Thinking–Based Decision Making for Bridges under Seismic Conditions. II: A Case Study on Bridges with Superelastic SMA RC Piers
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Bridges reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) demonstrate improved performance under earthquake excitations. In general, the capital investment for a bridge reinforced with SMAs is higher due to their ...
Life Cycle Thinking–Based Decision Making for Bridges under Seismic Conditions. I: Methodology and Framework
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Bridges are an integral part of a country’s transportation infrastructure system. Earthquake-induced damages to bridges could result in fatalities and injuries, disturbances to the transportation infrastructure system, and ...