Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Imaging Tools for Evaluation of Gusset Plate Connections in Steel Truss Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)After the collapse of the Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2007, transportation agencies began evaluating and rating their inventories of gusset plate connections. Connection evaluations require accurate ... -
Performance Testing of a Road Bridge Deck Containing Flat Rail Wagons
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A road bridge containing disused flatbed rail wagons as the primary deck superstructure was performance tested on a low-volume, high-axle load traffic road in Queensland, Australia, and some key results are presented in ... -
Discussion of “Fatigue Evaluation of Rib-to-Deck Welded Joints of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Deck” by Samol Ya, Kentaro Yamada, and Toshiyuki Ishikawa
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Hybrid Simulation Testbed for Experimental Validation and Characterization of NDE and Sensor Technology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)An increasing number of online structural health monitoring systems have been implemented on bridges, which are often comprised of a variety of local sensing and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) devices. However, before any ... -
Synchronization among Pedestrians in Footbridges due to Crowd Density
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Crowding is a critical condition for footbridges that are prone to vibration problems from pedestrian loads. Synchronization of pedestrian movements has been identified as the cause of the excessive lateral vibration in ... -
Nonlinear Seismic Response and Parametric Examination of Horizontally Curved Steel Bridges Using 3D Computational Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The seismic behavior of horizontally curved steel bridges is more complex than straight bridges because of their curvature and other parameters. Studies that attempt to develop methods to efficiently predict their seismic ... -
Performance Life Cost-Based Maintenance Strategy Optimization for Reinforced Concrete Girder Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper presents a maintenance strategy optimization method for RC girder bridges by considering the performance indicators, service life and life cycle maintenance cost, as criteria. The condition and reliability indices ... -
Basic Performance of the Composite Deck System Composed of Orthotropic Steel Deck and Ultrathin RPC Layer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Fatigue damage in a conventional orthotropic steel bridge deck system poses a formidable challenge to bridge engineers all over the world because of ever-increasing heavy traffic volumes and higher wheel loads over the ... -
Experimental Study on Shear Behavior in Negative Moment Regions of Segmental Externally Prestressed Concrete Continuous Beams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)External prestressing technology has achieved wide application in bridges. Although previous tests have made great progress in shear behavior of externally prestressed concrete beams, the research mainly focused on simply ... -
Testbed for Structural Health Monitoring of Long-Span Suspension Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Comprehensive structural health monitoring systems have been developed and installed in several long-span suspension bridges around the world, aiming to monitor structural health conditions of the bridges in real time. ... -
Nondestructive Bridge Deck Testing with Air-Coupled Impact-Echo and Infrared Thermography
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Two different nondestructive test (NDT) methods, air-coupled impact-echo (IE) and infrared (IR) thermography are evaluated on a full-scale simulated reinforced concrete bridge deck containing simulated delamination and ... -
Live-Load and Shear Connection Testing of Full-Scale Precast Bridge Panels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper describes an investigation to quantify the behavior of a precast deck system. As part of this investigation, a live-load test was performed on a steel I-girder bridge made with accelerated bridge construction ... -
Approach to Reduce the Limitations of Modal Identification in Damage Detection Using Limited Field Data for Nondestructive Structural Health Monitoring of a Cable-Stayed Concrete Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The objective of the study was to propose a technique to reduce the limitations of modal identification in damage detection using reduced field data for nondestructive structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed concrete ... -
Discussion of “Experimental Study on the Performance of Approach Slabs under Deteriorating Soil Washout Conditions” by Yung-Tsang Chen and Y. H. Chai
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Integral Bridge Abutment to Approach Slab Connection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper presents the findings of a performance investigation of two approach slabs (a cast-in-place slab and a precast panel slab) integrally connected to two parallel bridges. The goal of using the integral connection ... -
Measuring Deflections of a Short-Span Railway Bridge Using a Robotic Total Station
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A robotic total station (RTS) [or robotic theodolite or theodolite positioning system (TPS)] was used for the first time to measure the deflections of a short-span bridge in response to passing trains. The RTS measurements ... -
Performance of an AASHTO Beam Bridge Prestressed with CFRP Tendons
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Corrosion-induced deterioration of steel RC highway bridges is one of the major distress types that can render a structurally deficient bridge before reaching the design life. One feasible solution to the problem is to ... -
Safety Assessment of a Masonry Arch Bridge: Field Testing and Simulations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The safety of an in-service brick arch railway bridge is assessed through field testing and finite-element analysis. Different loading test train configurations have been used in the field testing. The response of the ... -
Response of Seismic-Isolated Bridges in Relation to Intensity Measures of Ordinary and Pulselike Ground Motions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This study concentrates on the efficiency of numerous ground motion intensity measures (IMs) to be used in estimating the response of seismic-isolated bridges (SIBs). Efficiency of commonly used IMs was investigated through ... -
Closure to “I-35W Bridge Collapse” by S. Hao
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)