Abstract: Bridges with unknown foundations have been a burden on the transportation agencies across the United States because of the lack of funding and availability of rational methods to determine the risk of failure of these ...

Abstract: Bridge load rating is traditionally done based on the load-carrying capacity of the superstructure components. Only in some rare instances does the bridge load rating consider the load-carrying capacity of the substructure. ...

Abstract: Truck platooning is a futuristic transportation system that is being explored by many countries and several states in the United States in a collaborative environment among stakeholders through on-road pilot testing and ...

Abstract: Reuse of existing bridge foundations has been gaining momentum and acceptance among practitioners in the last few years. Proper characterization of the bridge foundation (embedment, load-carrying capacity, etc.) is necessary ...