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ASCE ( American Society of Civil Engineers )
Description: The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.
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Lateral Capacity Model for Backfills Reacting against Skew-Angled Abutments under Seismic Loading
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Presence of skew-angled abutments complicates the seismic behavior of ordinary bridges, primary effect of which is the passive lateral resistance of the engineered backfill behind the abutment. The eccentricity of the soil ...