Abstract: Premature failure of expansion joints is a concern for bridge owners. After opening to traffic, the Jiangyin suspension bridge experienced frequent damage in expansion joints, and the problem remained unsolved even after ...

Abstract: Chongqi Bridge is part of an important route over the Yangtze River connecting Chongming City in Shanghai with Qidong City in Jiangsu. The steel box-girder bridge consists of separate but adjacent twin six-span bridges, ...

Abstract: Trains with a different number of carriages can induce stress responses with varying amplitudes in the long-span steel bridges, which consequently cause different levels of fatigue damage. To better evaluate the fatigue ...

Abstract: The radial distributions of velocity components need to be resolved in quasi-two-dimensional laminar water hammer problems. In a collocation spectra method, the radial distributions are approximated with Chebyshev expansions ...

Abstract: Among components of a suspension bridge, suspenders transmit wind or live loads on the deck to the main cable, which are then transmitted to the pylons, and finally to the earth. Suspenders are vulnerable to corrosion ...

Abstract: Continuous seafloor transponder positioning with moored buoy observation system is an indispensable method for detecting seafloor crustal deformation. However, the between-buoy baseline information provided by the global ...

Abstract: A pin connection is often used to join the hangers with the main cable and main girder in a suspension bridge. As the bridge moves under live or wind loads, the pin-connection components are subject to repetitive loading. ...

Abstract: Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are widely used to control excessive wind-induced vibration in the box girders of long-span bridges. Although the optimal design of TMDs has been investigated abundantly in the last few years, the ...