Abstract: There has been concern over the eutrophication in Lake Pepin in recent years, particularly following algal blooms and fish kills in 1988. Currently, the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant is the largest point source ...

Abstract: The effective length of the perimeter weld around the branch member in axially loaded rectangular hollow structural section (HSS), T, and X connections is examined experimentally. By means of 16 full-scale connection tests, ...

Abstract: The Berkeley trigger criterion for evaluating the potential for earthquake-induced phenomena in sandy soils is reviewed in this paper. The historical database comprising the criterion is reconsidered using a consistent ...

Abstract: A monitoring strategy for investigating the long-term longitudinal deflections at the expansion joints of the I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge was developed as a means of inferring the integrity of the bearings. During the ...

Abstract: Two T-shaped reinforced concrete wall specimens were subjected to reversed cyclic loading quasi-statically to failure. Both represented half-scale wall assemblages of a 6-story prototype building. Modifications to the wall ...

Abstract: The resistance of prestressed concrete through-girder (PCTG) pedestrian bridges to lateral loads was studied in response to the increasing number of vehicular impacts in the United States. This research was motivated by ...

Abstract: Each year a large number of concrete bridges are subjected to impact by overheight vehicles or vehicles carrying overheight objects. Most bridge owners in the United States are concerned with the increasing trend of bridges ...

Abstract: This paper presents a technique for computing the time-dependent behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete as a composite material. This technique, when implemented in a finite-element model and assuming that the ...