Abstract: In seismic analysis of bridges, the designer chooses the direction of the applied earthquake forces arbitrarily. This paper investigates the effects of seismic force direction on the responses of slab-girder skewed bridges ...

Abstract: One of the parameters that directly affects the seismic demand on a bridge is the excitation angle of the ground motion. Since analyzing a bridge with all possible excitation angles is impractical, combination rules have ...

Abstract: Probabilistic seismic demand models are developed for bridges elevated with steel pedestals by adding correction and error terms to commonly used models. Separate probabilistic demand models are developed for the force ...

Abstract: Using steel pedestals has become an effective method for elevating simply supported bridges in the United States. However, a method is needed to estimate their lateral load capacity and probability of failure subjected to ...

Abstract: The experimental stress–strain data from isothermal hot compression tests, in a wide range of temperatures (350–500 آ°C) and strain rates (0.005–0.5 s−1), were employed to develop constitutive equations in a ...