Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Effect on Superstructure Stress of Replacing a Composite RC Bridge Deck with a GFRP Deck
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite bridge decks behave differently than comparable reinforced concrete (RC) decks. GFRP decks exhibit reduced composite behavior (when designed to behave in a composite manner) ... -
Proposed Effective Width Criteria for Composite Bridge Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)In a composite section, in-plane shear strain in the slab (acting as a flange in the composite girder) under the applied bending causes the longitudinal displacements in the parts of the slab remote from the webs to lag ... -
Low-Cycle Fatigue Testing of High-Performance Concrete Bonded Overlay–Bridge Deck Slab Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Plain and fibrous latex modified concrete and microsilica concrete overlays with acceptable laboratory strength and durability characteristics were installed on a full-scale prototype bridge deck for field performance ... -
Stiffness and Strength of Metal Bridge Deck Forms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Light gauge metal sheeting is often utilized in the building and bridge industries for concrete formwork. Although the in-plane stiffness and strength of the metal forms are commonly relied upon for stability bracing in ... -
Influence of Dampers on Seismic Response of Cable-Supported Bridge Towers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Nonlinear time history analyses were performed to investigate the seismic response of the new San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge East Span self-anchored suspension (SAS) bridge and cable-stayed (CS) bridge alternative with ... -
Simplified Moment Redistribution of Hybrid HPS 485W Bridge Girders in Negative Bending
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Simplified moment redistribution procedures based on shakedown have recently been approved by AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (AASHTO 2004). These procedures are currently only applicable for homogeneous girders, ... -
Realistic Assessment for Safety and Service Life of Reinforced Concrete Decks in Girder Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The lack of safety of deck slabs in bridges generally causes frequent repair and strengthening. The repair induces great loss of economy, not only due to direct cost by repair, but also due to stopping the public use of ... -
Seismic Vulnerability and Mitigation during Construction of Cable-Stayed Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The implications of earthquake loading during balanced cantilever construction of a cable-stayed bridge are examined. Finite-element models of a cable-stayed bridge were developed and multiple ground motion time history ... -
Analysis of an Orthotropic Deck Stiffened with a Cement-Based Overlay
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Over the past years, with increasing traffic volumes and higher wheel loads, fatigue damage in steel parts of typical orthotropic steel bridge decks has been experienced on heavily trafficked routes. A demand exists to ... -
Assessment of AASHTO LRFD Specifications for Hybrid HPS 690W Steel I-Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper details research conducted to determine the applicability of the 2nd and 3rd editions of the -
Deck-Mounted Steel Post Barrier System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)An existing mountable safety barrier system, previously crash tested successfully on a wood bridge deck, was evaluated for use on a fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) bridge deck. In an attempt to avoid expensive full-scale ... -
Vibration Control of Stay Cables of the Shandong Binzhou Yellow River Highway Bridge Using Magnetorheological Fluid Dampers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The Shandong Binzhou Yellow River Highway Bridge is a three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in Shandong Province, China. Because the stay cables are prone to vibration, 40 magnetorheological (MR) fluid dampers were attached to ... -
Effective Slab Width Definition for Negative Moment Regions of Composite Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Currently, the AASHTO-LRFD design code specifies the same effective slab width design criteria for both positive moment sections and negative moment sections. The only difference in computing effective slab width between ... -
Statistical Significance of Less Common Load Combinations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The purpose of this work is to provide a simple, rational basis for combining bridge loads in the extreme event limit state. Classic methods are used to evaluate the probabilities of traffic, seismic, and storm-related ... -
Development and Laboratory Analysis of Silicone Foam Sealant for Bridge Expansion Joints
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Sealing of bridge expansion joint systems is important to protect the structural components below the joint. An elastomeric foam-type joint sealant has been developed for sealing small-movement bridge expansion joints. ... -
Evaluation of Seasonal and Yearly Behavior of an Integral Abutment Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper presents the field performance evaluation of an integral abutment bridge constructed in Massachusetts that was monitored for a period of three years. Emphasis is primarily made on observed seasonal and yearly ... -
Structural Behavior of Single Key Joints in Precast Concrete Segmental Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)A group of five full-depth male–female shear key specimens were match cast and tested to examine the shear capacity of epoxy-jointed single keys. Another group of four specimens were match cast using full-scale dimensions ... -
Influence of Skew Angle on Reinforced Concrete Slab Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The effect of a skew angle on simple-span reinforced concrete bridges is presented in this paper using the finite-element method. The parameters investigated in this analytical study were the span length, slab width, and ... -
Simulation of Crack Growth in FRP Reinforced Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Experimental results show that the crack growth of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced concrete flexural elements experience a crack development stage followed by crack stabilization. The crack length and elastic ... -
High-Cycle Fatigue of Diagonally Cracked RC Bridge Girders: Laboratory Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Large numbers of conventionally RC deck–girder bridges are in the national highway system. Diagonal cracks have been identified in many of these bridges, which are exposed to millions of load cycles during service life. ...