Abstract: When a simply supported bridge is treated by the usual method of calculation, where its different plane surfaces are considered to act independently of each other, settlement of one of its bearings does not create any ...

Abstract: Dynamic loading due to earthquakes is made up of very complicated combinations of different types of waves including compressive waves, shear waves, etc. If a soil specimen is subjected to a combined longitudinal and ...

Abstract: Piles in integral-abutment bridges (IABs) may experience plastic deformation and low cycle fatigue as a result of cyclic loading induced by daily and seasonal temperature variations. This paper presents guidelines that ...

Abstract: Dynamic properties of three compacted cohesive soils, kaolinite, sodium montmorillonite, and calcium montmorillonite, which were treated with up to 8% lime, were determined under a wide range of strains and confining ...

Abstract: Cyclic simple shear testing is considered to be one of the most appropriate ways of reproducing in the laboratory the stresses that would be experienced by an element of soil in level ground subjected to earthquake loading. ...

Abstract: A comprehensive experimental study has been completed to study the effect of specimen size on the cyclic properties of dry sand: namely, the shear modulus and damping in a large‐scale simple shear apparatus. The tests were ...

Abstract: Little is known about the behavior of soil when subjected to random loading. A testing program was undertaken in which dry sand at different confining pressures was tested in a resonant column device using random torsional ...

Abstract: Nondestructive ultrasonic testing is a more accurate alternative for assessing the strength of timber piles than the conventional practice of visual inspection. However, because the ultrasonic method is relatively new, ...

Abstract: Public works departments need test procedures for assessing the current condition of concrete in public facilities such as parking garages. Nondestructive testing can provide ultrasonic pulse velocities that can be used ...