Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Dead Load Allocation in Triple-Cable Suspension Bridges by Adjusting the Unstrained Lengths of Hangers: A Novel Analytical Approach
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Triple-cable design of suspension bridges with an ultrawide main girder can improve their mechanical properties, making it lucrative for numerous engineering scenarios. However, its realization requires assigning an ... -
Probability Analysis of Aberrant Ship Collision with Sea-Crossing Bridges Considering Wind and Current
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)The worldwide occurrence of numerous ship–bridge collisions has prompted a substantial concern regarding the safety of sea-crossing bridges. The majority of conventional risk models for ship–bridge collisions assume that ... -
Scaling Factors Quantifying Seismic Load Uncertainty with Soil Nonlinearity Effect in Displacement-Based Design of Bridge Abutments
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)The displacement-based design methods for bridge abutments, essentially cantilever retaining walls, require an input of expected ground motion on-site. For major projects, these motions are obtained based on site-specific ... -
Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with Near-Surface Mounted Aluminum Alloy Bars under Fully Reversible Cyclic Loads
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)In this study, an experimental program was conducted to explore the feasibility of using aluminum alloy (AA) bars in the flexural strengthening of reinforced-concrete (RC) beams that are subjected to fully reversible cyclic ... -
Damage Detection Approach for Bridges under Temperature Effects using Gaussian Process Regression Trained with Hybrid Data
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)The success of detecting damage robustly relies on the availability of long periods of past data covering multiple weather scenarios and on the information contained in the data used during the learning process. Thus, the ... -
Full-Scale Fatigue Tests of a New Rib-to-Floor Beam Connection for Orthotropic Steel Decks
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Full-scale laboratory tests were conducted to assess the fatigue performance of a new rib-to-floor beam (RFB) connection with a stress relieving slit for orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) in highway bridges. The slit rib-to-floor ... -
Self-Excited Forces Induced by Lateral Vibration of Bridge Decks
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Under strong wind actions, some long-span flexible deck bridges have been observed to exhibit significant lateral vibrations. Accurate quantification of the self-excited forces induced by lateral vibration is of great ... -
Determining Strain Threshold Values for Bridge Condition Assessment Using Normal Mixture Models
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Structural health monitoring (SHM) enables bridge owners to evaluate bridge conditions efficiently and accurately. When implementing SHM, a popular method to detect the abnormal response of a structure is statistical pattern ... -
Alternate Load Paths Redundancy Analysis of Steel Truss Bridges
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)An analysis method to quantify the alternate load paths (ALPs), inspired by the concept of ALP for progressive analysis of buildings, is proposed for steel truss bridges subject to the loss of a critical member. Quantification ... -
Analytical Shape-Finding of the Three-Dimensional Wind-Resistant Rope
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Wind-resistant rope systems (WRRS) consisting of wind guys (WGs) and ties are -
Combined Load Test and NDE: Novel Method to Diagnose and Load Rate Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges with Serviceability Issues
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Vibration of highway bridges, although often ignored, is a serviceability issue that may contribute to concrete deck cracking and delamination. A recently constructed prestressed concrete bridge in the Dallas–Fort metroplex ... -
Test and Analysis of Postfire Fatigue Performance of Steel Wires and Cables
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Fire is an accidental, severe hazard for bridges during their lifetime. Hangers in suspension bridges are among the most vulnerable components with respect to the hanger fatigue effect, and fatigue performance after fire ... -
Improvements in Convergence Robustness with a 2D–3DOF Method:
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)To overcome nonconvergence in the two-dimensional–three degrees of freedom -
Experimental and Analytical Investigation into the Effect of Ballasted Track on the Dynamic Response of Railway Bridges under Moving Loads
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Ballasted tracks are among the most widespread railway track typologies. The ballast possesses multiple functions. Among them, it significantly affects the dynamic interaction between a rail bridge and a moving load in ... -
Field Testing and Refined Load Rating of a Load-Posted Continuous
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Load-posted bridges have potential effects on traffic, commerce, and emergency -
Performance Warning of Bridges under Train Actions through Equivalent Frequency Response Functions
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Structural health monitoring of bridges based on train-induced vibrations has attracted extensive attention and takes advantage of the high-magnitude and regularly spaced features of trainloads. However, the monitoring ... -
Preliminary Design of a Steel–UHPFRC Composite Truss Arch Bridge and Model Tests of K-Joints
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)The preliminary design and comparisons of major technical and economic indicators between a steel-ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) composite truss (SUCT) arch bridge and a concrete-filled steel ... -
Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of the Effect of Rail on the Behavior of Girder Bridges
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)This paper experimentally and numerically evaluates the participation of bridge rail in carrying live load through (1) performing field testing on steel and prestressed concrete girder bridges; (2) developing validated ... -
Seismic Performance Comparison of Precast Bridge Columns with Different Shear Span-to-Depth Ratios and Connection Designs via Quasi-Static Cyclic Test
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)In this study, seven one-third-scale bridge column specimens are tested via a quasi-static cyclic test to understand seismic performance differences between cast-in-place (CIP) and precast bridge columns with various shear ... -
ERT Feasibility Study to Assess Unknown Bridge Foundation Depth
(ASCE, 2022/07/01)There are many historical bridges around the world whose crucial information regarding their foundations is unknown. Such information is essential for an accurate safety assessment regarding scour hazard. Current methods ...