Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Inclusion of Crawl Tests and Long-Term Health Monitoring in Bridge Serviceability Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Due to limited resources, structural health monitoring (SHM) of highway bridges has to be integrated in structural performance assessment in a cost-effective manner. The instrumentation and the long-term SHM procedures are ... -
Evaluation, Rehabilitation Planning, and Stay-Cable Replacement Design for the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling, Louisiana
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The Hale Boggs Bridge opened to traffic on October 5, 1983. At the time, it was the first U.S. cable-stayed crossing over the Mississippi River. The PE (polyethylene) protective sheathing was damaged in many of the cables ... -
Behavior of Bridge Asphalt Plug Joints under Thermal and Traffic Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)An asphalt plug joint (APJ) is a type of expansion joint providing quick, easy, and cheap installation along with good surface flatness. However, APJs are known to suffer from premature failure, and their behavior, especially ... -
Proposed Method for Determining the Interval for Hands-on Inspection of Steel Bridges with Fracture Critical Members
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The proposed assessment procedure presented in this paper may be used to establish inspection intervals for steel bridges with fracture critical members (FCMs) (if adopted by the Federal Highway Administration). The procedure ... -
Fatigue and Strength Evaluation of Two Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bridge Decks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The use of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bridge decks is appealing for applications where minimizing dead load is critical. This paper describes fatigue and strength testing of two types of GFRP decks being considered ... -
Charles Macdonald
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Macdonald was one of the leading bridge engineers from 1867 to 1912. His bridges crossed major rivers of the United States and Australia. He was Chief Engineer for several major bridge companies and finished his career as ... -
Validated Simulation Models for Lateral Response of Bridge Abutments with Typical Backfills
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Abutment-backfill soil interaction can significantly influence the seismic response of bridges. In the present study, we provide numerical simulation models that are validated using data from recent experiments on the ... -
Closure to “Effect of Near-Fault Vertical Ground Motions on Seismic Response of Highway Overcrossings” by Sashi K. Kunnath, Emrah Erduran, Y. H. Chai, and Mark Yashinsky
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Modeling Residual Displacements of Concrete Bridge Columns under Earthquake Loads Using Fiber Elements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Nonlinear dynamic analysis with fiber-element models is now widely used to assess the seismic response of bridge structures. The ability of such models to accurately simulate response parameters for characterizing the ... -
Seismic Fragility of Multispan Simply Supported Steel Highway Bridges in New York State. II: Fragility Analysis, Fragility Curves, and Fragility Surfaces
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper presents the seismic fragility analysis of a typical multispan simply supported steel bridge in New York State. A detailed description of the bridge model including an analysis of parameter uncertainties was ... -
Higher Level Evaluation of a Reinforced Concrete Slab Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In New Mexico, many reinforced concrete slab (RCS) bridges provide service on interstates I-10, I-25, and I-40. The load rating for this type of bridge largely depends on the live-load moment in the slab. Consequently, the ... -
Comparison of Block-Shear and Whitmore Section Methods for Load Rating Existing Steel Truss Gusset Plate Connections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Many transportation agencies are now evaluating and rating their inventory of steel truss bridge gusset plate connections after the collapse of the I35W Bridge in Minneapolis. Modern design methodologies are being used to ... -
Operational Requirements for Long-Span Bridges under Strong Wind Events
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In the absence of intensive wind tunnel tests, this study provides an effective and accurate approach to estimate the operational driving speed limit on bridges subjected to different road conditions and wind intensities, ... -
Discussion of “Effect of Near-Fault Vertical Ground Motions on Seismic Response of Highway Overcrossings” by Sashi K. Kunnath, Emrah Erduran, Y. H. Chai, and Mark Yashinsky
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Rotation Requirements for Moment Redistribution in Steel Bridge I-Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)One of the key assumptions in inelastic design is that members have adequate ductility to allow moments to redistribute. However, while AASHTO specifications contain moment redistribution provisions for steel I-girders, ... -
Experimental Investigation of Bending Fatigue Response of Grouted Stay Cables
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the susceptibility of grouted stay cables to bending fatigue damage. The results from twelve, bending fatigue tests are reported in this paper. Fretting of adjacent ... -
Long-Term Wireless Structural Health Monitoring of the Ferriby Road Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)As part of an effective bridge management system, sensor networks can provide data to support both inspection and assessment. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have the potential to offer significant advantages over traditional ... -
Testing the Response of Box-Type Soil-Steel Structures under Static Service Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The paper presents the static loading of four long-span deep-corrugated steel box culverts with spans of 14 and 8 m. The tests, which were part of a series of full-scale tests, involved strain and displacement measurements ... -
Field Behavior of an Integral Abutment Bridge Supported on Drilled Shafts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The abutments of integral bridges are traditionally supported on a single row of steel-H-piles that are flexible and that are able to accommodate lateral deflections well. In Hawaii, steel-H-piles have to be imported, ... -
Engineering the Tower and Main Span Construction of Stonecutters Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Stonecutters Bridge is the second longest cable-stayed bridge in the world and the first major bridge with a twin-box girder superstructure. It has a number of innovative structural features which made the construction of ...