Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Behavior of Segmental Precast Posttensioned Bridge Piers under Lateral Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)A segmental precast posttensioned (SPPT) bridge pier is an economic recentering structural system. Understanding the seismic behavior of a SPPT system is an important step toward its application in high seismic zones. This ... -
Dynamic Analysis of the Bentley Creek Bridge with FRP Deck
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This study investigates vibration characteristics of a truss bridge that has been retrofitted with a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) deck. The bridge is located on State Route 367 in Wellsburg, Chemung County, New York. It ... -
Vehicle-Induced Vibration of Steel Deck Arch Bridges and Analytical Methodology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic behavior of steel deck-arch bridges with side-by-side multiple vehicle loadings moving over a rough deck. A brief description of analytical theory is provided, including ... -
Wood-Based Prefabricated Composite-Acting Bridge Deck
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The paper describes the testing and finite element analysis of an experimental half-scale (approximately) wood-based, prefabricated, composite acting bridge deck that utilizes composite action between the decking and ... -
Life-Cycle Cost Assessment of Maintenance Strategies for RC Structures in Chloride Environments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Corrosion of the reinforcing steel can cause cover cracking and eventual spalling of reinforced concrete (RC) surfaces, resulting in costly and disruptive repairs. The present paper will compare the effect of maintenance ... -
Analysis and Design of Straight and Skewed Slab Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Results of an investigation aimed at determining bending moments and shear forces, required to design skewed concrete slab bridges using the equivalent-beam method are presented in this paper. Straight and skewed slab ... -
Performance Evaluation of Empirically and Traditionally Designed Bridge Decks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The focus of this study is to assess the performance of empirically designed reinforced concrete bridge decks versus those designed using traditional analytical design methods and to check the adequacy of both design methods ... -
Rapid Assessment of Gusset Plate Safety in Steel Truss Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Research into the cause of the failure of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has indicated that some of the gusset plates were significantly overstressed. The Federal Highway Administration has recommended load ... -
Introduction to PILOT Database and Establishment of LRFD Resistance Factors for the Construction Control of Driven Steel H-Piles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The recently established and publicly available database for Pile-Load Tests (PILOT) is an amalgamated, electronic source of rich information comprising both static and dynamic data for driven piles ( -
Evaluation of AASHTO-LRFD Design Methods for Thermal Loads in Fixed-Flexible Twin-Walled R/C Bridge Piers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The design of reinforced concrete fixed-flexible twin-walled bridge piers for lateral loads is an ambiguously defined task for bridge engineers. As the bridge experiences lateral loads, primarily from temperature fluctuations ... -
Dynamic Effect of a Moving Truck on a Culvert
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The dynamic interaction between a moving truck and a long span reinforced concrete culvert is studied for different truck velocities. The numerical simulation method presented in this paper is based on discretizing the ... -
Evaluation of Combination Rules for Orthogonal Seismic Demands in Nonlinear Time History Analysis of Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)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 ... -
Investigation of AASHTO Live-Load Reduction in Reinforced Concrete Slab Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper presents the results of a three-dimensional (3D) finite-element study that investigated the effect of the multipresence factor of the load-reduction factors used in the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications. Typical ... -
Bridge Piers with Structural Fuses and Bi-Steel Columns. II: Analytical Investigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper presents the results of an analytical investigation conducted to replicate experimentally obtained behavior, and better understand the behavior of the proposed structural fuse concept for bridges that is presented ... -
Experimental and Numerical Study of the Fatigue Properties of Corroded Parallel Wire Cables
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Corroded cables from a cable-stayed bridge in China that had been in service for 18 years were employed to investigate the basic mechanical properties and residual fatigue life of wires and cables. First, the wires were ... -
Bridge Piers with Structural Fuses and Bi-Steel Columns. I: Experimental Testing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Structural fuses, easily replaceable sacrificial elements to dissipate seismic energy while preventing damage to the gravity load-resisting structural system, are proposed as part of a multicolumn accelerated bridge ... -
New Method for Concurrent Dynamic Analysis and Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)A new methodology for concurrent dynamic analysis and structural fatigue prognosis is proposed in this paper. The proposed methodology is on the basis of a novel small time scale formulation of material fatigue crack growth ... -
Instrumentation, Nondestructive Testing, and Finite-Element Model Updating for Bridge Evaluation Using Strain Measurements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)A baseline finite element model was developed for bridge management and calibration using nondestructive test data. The model calibration technique was evaluated on the Vernon Avenue Bridge over the Ware River in Barre, ... -
Papers in This Issue
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Rational Alternative to Positive Discovery of Pile-Supported Bridges with Unknown Foundation Depth
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)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 ...