Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Assessment of Multispan Masonry Arch Bridges. I: Simplified Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)A stepwise iterative procedure for the nonlinear analysis of multispan arch bridges, suitable for implementation by standard programming of commercial finite element codes, is discussed. Relying on the plane section ... -
Load Distribution for a Highly Skewed Bridge: Testing and Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) specifications provide formulas for determining live load distribution factors for bridges. For load distribution factors to be accurate, the ... -
Rapid and Global Bridge Assessment for the Military
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Prior to any military operation, a critical task of military engineers involves the ability to quickly assess the load-carrying capacity of bridges. These assessments are required to facilitate the selection of movement ... -
Fatigue of Joints with Staggered Holes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)It is customary in contemporary design for fatigue resistance of bolted connections to use slip-critical joints. However, many existing bridges are more likely to have bearing-type joints that use either rivets or high-strength ... -
Orthotropic Plate Model for Estimating Deflections in Filled Grid Decks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Concrete filled grid bridge decks exhibit orthogonal elastic properties and significant two-way bending action enabling orthotropic plate theory to determine structural response for these elements. Current American Association ... -
Lateral Pedestrian Excitation of Footbridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)The phenomenon of synchronized lateral pedestrian excitation of footbridges has been highlighted in recent years by the widely publicized problems encountered with the London Millennium Footbridge. On opening day, during ... -
Estimation of Length Limits for Integral Bridges Built on Clay
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)In this paper, the maximum length limits for integral bridges built on clay are determined as a function of the ability of steel H-piles supporting the abutments to sustain thermal-induced cyclic displacements and the ... -
Simplified AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design Girder Live Load Distribution in Illinois
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Illinois began full transition to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials load and resistance factor design (LRFD) bridge design specifications from the traditional load factor design code ... -
Truck Loading and Fatigue Damage Analysis for Girder Bridges Based on Weigh-in-Motion Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Based on data collected by weigh-in-motion (WIM) measurements, truck traffic is synthesized by type and loading condition. Three-dimensional nonlinear models for the trucks with significant counts are developed from the ... -
Structural Analyses of Two Historic Covered Wooden Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Structural analyses were conducted of two covered wooden bridges still in use in the Summer of 2002. The Pine Grove Bridge and Brown Bridge represent the 19th century truss forms of the Burr-arch truss and the Town-lattice ... -
Assessment of Multispan Masonry Arch Bridges. II: Examples and Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Modern approaches to multispan masonry bridges are approximate in many ways: load distribution, masonry degradation, fill-to-barrel, span-to-span, and span-to-pier interaction are taken into account by means of approximate ... -
Applications of Laser-Based Instrumentation for Highway Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)This paper describes a Federal Highway Administration Nondestructive Evaluation Validation Center (NDEVC) project to develop tools to better measure large-scale structures. The specific instrument discussed is a laser-based ... -
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Use of Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tendons for Stress-Laminating Timber Bridge Decks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Researchers at the University of Maine led an effort in the mid-1990s to develop and use glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) tendons, instead of the commonly used steel-threaded bars, for stress-laminating timber bridge ... -
Forces in Wingwalls of Skewed Semi-Integral Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)In theory, semi-integral bridges with skewed approaches have a tendency to rotate toward the acute corners due to thermal expansion. This movement causes force to be transferred into the wingwalls that are often designed ... -
Seismic Response of Multiple Span Steel Bridges in Central and Southeastern United States. II: Retrofitted
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Part I of this two-part paper evaluated the seismic response of typical multispan simply supported (MSSS) and multispan continuous steel girder bridges in the central and southeastern United States. The results showed that ... -
Field Static Load Test on Kao-Ping-Hsi Cable-Stayed Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Field load testing is an effective method for understanding the behavior and fundamental characteristics of a cable-stayed bridge. This paper presents the results of field static load tests on the Kao-Ping-Hsi cable-stayed ... -
State-of-the-Art of Integral Abutment Bridges: Design and Practice
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)The superstructure for integral abutment bridges is cast integrally with abutments that are supported by a single row of piles. Thermal expansion or contraction and concrete creep and shrinkage induce bending stresses in ... -
Fatigue and Strength Performance of Concrete-Filled Steel-Grid Bridge Deck
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)The present paper reports on the results from a series of full-scale experimental tests carried out on concrete-filled steel-grid bridge deck assemblies. The testing focused on assessing the fatigue performance and ultimate ... -
Experimental and Analytical Studies of a Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridge during Erection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)A series of studies on an experimental, full-scale curved steel bridge structure during erection are discussed. The work was part of the Federal Highway Administration’s curved steel bridge research project (CSBRP). The ...