Abstract: Two- and three-dimensional analyses for truss structures are reviewed with a particular focus on progressive failure. The review begins with a general discussion of truss structures followed by a presentation of the geometric ...

Abstract: The raising of a continuous span reinforced concrete (RC) bridge creates the potential for subjecting the bridge to loading deformations for which it was not designed. This, coupled with the inherent weakness of concrete ...

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Abstract: The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) employs thinner decks on their highway bridges than almost all other states and countries, and unfortunately many of these decks are exhibiting significant levels of cracking ...

Abstract: Due to road resurfacing a significant number of highway bridges throughout the nation violate underneath clearance requirements. A bridge lifting/monitoring system was developed as one solution to this problem. The system ...

Abstract: The pressure and density fields are assumed known exactly for all time, and the wind is to be forecast by obtaining the trajectory of each air particle from the equations of nonviscous motion in a plane. The importance of ...

Abstract: Static analysis of space truss structures including inelastic material and large deformation geometric nonlinearities is considered. Member material behavior modes include: buckling, yielding, inelastic postbuckling, ...

Abstract: A finite element formulation for the large‐deformation analysis of space‐frame structures is presented. The formulation is based on second‐order geometric nonlinear theory and Vlasov's theory for thin‐walled beams (i.e., ...

Abstract: In the companion paper, a finite element formulation for analyzing prismatic thin‐walled space‐frame structures with arbitrary cross sections, was developed that maintains rotational continuity and eliminates moment ...