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 ...

Abstract: California’s high-speed rail (HSR) system is slated to traverse nearly the entire length of the state, and thus it will be exposed to seismic risks from almost every known major tectonic fault there. The present study deals ...