Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Active Confinement of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Using Shape Memory Alloys
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper presents experimental and analytical work conducted to explore the feasibility of using an innovative technique for seismic retrofitting of RC bridge columns using shape memory alloys (SMAs) spirals. The high ... -
Discussion of “Static Behavior and Theoretical Model of Stud Shear Connectors” by Weichen Xie, Min Ding, Hua Wang, and Ziwen Luo
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010) -
Structural Reliability of Prestressed UHPC Flexure Models for Bridge Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) has been used in several bridges and other structures throughout the world and is beginning to gain more exposure in the United States. For UHPC to continue to gain acceptance for ... -
Numerical Study of an Integral Abutment Bridge Supported on Drilled Shafts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The majority of integral abutment bridges (IABs) in the United States are supported on steel H-piles to provide the flexibility necessary to minimize the attraction of large lateral loads to the foundation and abutment. ... -
Shear Performance of RC Bridge Girders Reinforced with Carbon FRP Stirrups
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)One of the main components in girder-type bridges is bridge girder. This paper presents experimental data on the behavior and shear strength of concrete bridge girders reinforced with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) ... -
Importance of the Tail in Truck Weight Modeling for Bridge Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)To predict characteristic extreme traffic load effects, simulations are sometimes performed of bridge loading events. To generalize the truck weight data, statistical distributions are fitted to histograms of weight ... -
Live Load Distribution Formulas for Single-Span Prestressed Concrete Integral Abutment Bridge Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)In this study, live load distribution formulas for the girders of single-span integral abutment bridges (IABs) are developed. For this purpose, two and three dimensional finite-element models (FEMs) of several IABs are ... -
C. Shaler Smith
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Smith was one of the premier bridge builders of the post-Civil War period. He started his bridge building career under Albert Fink on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. During the Civil War, he designed and built a ... -
Evaluation of Rotational Stiffness of Elastomeric Bearing Pad-Anchor Bolt Connections on Deep Foundation Bents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Experimental tests are performed on a bearing pad-anchor bolt connection to study rotational stiffness and moment transfer capabilities of a typical bridge configuration. The experimental program is divided in two phases. ... -
Nonlinear Earthquake Response Modeling of a Large-Scale Two-Span Concrete Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)A quarter scale model of a two-span RC bridge was tested using the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) multiple shake table system at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nev. The project was funded through a ... -
Timothy Palmer and the Permanent Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Timothy Palmer had built notable bridges across the Merrimack, Kennebec, Connecticut, and Potomac Rivers and across the Great Bay of the Piscataqua River in Maine when he was selected to build the first permanent, as ... -
Poughkeepsie Bridge: Its Birth, Abandonment, and Rebirth
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)When opened the Poughkeepsie Bridge incorporated the longest span—548 ft—cantilever in the world; the longest simple span, 525 ft; and its overall length, 6,767 ft, was for a short time the longest bridge in the world. ... -
Response of Long-Span Box Type Soil-Steel Composite Structures during Ultimate Loading Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Soil-steel composite structures are getting more popular in recent years. With the introduction of more sophisticated structures such as box culverts with flexural stiffeners, the review of largely experience based design ... -
Directional Effects of Shear Combined with Compression on Bridge Elastomeric Bearings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Elastomeric bearings are widely used in bridge supports to accommodate thermal and other movements. The study presented in this paper extends an earlier investigation of two-dimensional bearing performance to three dimensions. ... -
Experimental Determination of Resistance Characteristics of Support Details Used in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Static load tests were performed on support details used at the ends of prestressed concrete pedestrian bridge girders to determine the resistance characteristics of girder supports in the direction perpendicular to the ... -
Truck Loads and Bridge Capacity Evaluation in China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Over the past 2–3 decades, the economic development in China has natured the establishment of a highway network with a large number of bridges. However, there are still no nationwide specification provisions for assessing ... -
Design and Field Evaluation of Hybrid FRP/Reinforced Concrete Superstructure System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Fiber-reinforced polymers offer several advantages over conventional construction materials but are also faced with several challenges. These include increased first cost, relatively low stiffness, and a lack of field ... -
Failure Load Test of a CFRP Strengthened Railway Bridge in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The results obtained when performing a load test to failure of an existing structure are valuable when assessing calculation models, updating finite element models, and investigating the true structural behavior. In this ... -
Bridge Inspection Practice: Two Different North American Railways
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the bridge inspection philosophy of two different large railways. North American railways are primarily public investor owned businesses and must show adequate financial returns ... -
Discussion of “Bridge Reliability Assessment Based on Monitoring” by D. M. Frangopol, A. Strauss, and S. Kim
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)