Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Experimental Study on Structural Performance of Prefabricated Composite Box Girder with Corrugated Webs and Steel Tube Slab
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)We present an innovative prefabricated composite box girder with corrugated webs and concrete-filled steel tube slab to prevent cracking in the web and reduce the self-weight, which is suitable for long-span structures. ... -
Design of Horizontally Curved Steel Bridge Girders with Tubular Flanges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study presents a practical approach for the design of horizontally curved steel I-shaped bridge girders with tubes as flanges [i.e., tubular flange girders (TFGs)]. Previous research has shown that the large torsional ... -
Fatigue Performance of Orthotropic Steel Decks in Long-Span Cable-Stayed Steel-Box Girder Railway Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study conducted preliminary finite-element analysis (FEA) of an orthotropic steel deck (OSD) with U-ribs and V-ribs for a long-span cable-stayed steel-box girder railway bridge using the hot-spot stress method to ... -
Durability Evaluation of Headed Shear Studs Embedded in Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete via Electrochemical Corrosion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Corrosion is one of the most common sources of deterioration for steel girder bridges, especially in regions where deicing chemicals are frequently used. Over time, the end-bearing capacity of the girder is significantly ... -
Shear Strength of Synthetic Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents experimental and numerical investigations of the shear strength of synthetic fiber-reinforced concrete (SYN-FRC) box culverts designed for fill height of 610 mm (2 ft) or less and subjected to the ... -
Experimental and Analytical Investigation on Pull-Out Performance of Multihole Thin-Rib Perfobond Connectors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Perfobond connectors are commonly used to transfer the shear force with the transverse bar sheared off as the failure mode in steel–concrete composite structures. However, the perfobond connectors used to prevent the ... -
Loading Definition and Design of Bridge Piers Impacted by Medium-Weight Trucks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Computational simulation was used to investigate the collision process between medium-weight, single-unit trucks and reinforced concrete bridge piers. The simulation results were used to formulate and calibrate a pulse ... -
Heavy Truck Collision with Bridge Piers: Computational Simulation Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The vast majority of research studies on vehicular collision with bridge piers have been carried out with single-unit trucks, which are typically classified as medium-duty vehicles weighing about 90 kN (20,000 lb). Yet, ... -
Precast Beam Bridges with a Buffer–Gap–Elastomeric Bearings System: Uncertainty in Design Parameters and Randomness in Ground Records
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The buffer–gap–elastomeric bearings system used in precast girder bridges with relatively short piers is one of the efficient hybrid seismic isolation schemes. However, there are many uncertain environmental, material, and ... -
Galvanic Corrosion Risk of Using Galvanized A325 Bolts in Corrosion-Resistant Steel Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This experimental study was the first to evaluate the galvanic corrosion risk of using galvanized ASTM A325 Type I bolts with ASTM A1010 steel girders in the construction of A1010 steel bridges. The emerging construction ... -
Behavior of Integral Frame Abutment Bridges Due to Cyclic Thermal Loading: Nonlinear Finite-Element Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents a finite-element (FE) study of the behavior of integral frame abutment bridges under alternate cycles of expansion and contraction of the bridge due to seasonal temperature variations. An example RC ... -
Evaluation of Design Provisions for Interface Shear Transfer between Concretes Cast at Different Times
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Obvious differences exist among the design provisions for interface shear transfer between concretes cast at different times (that is, cold joint) in current codes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applicability ... -
Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts Compared with AASHTO Shear Equation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study focuses on the concrete shear strength (Vc) of the top slab of reinforced concrete (RC) box culverts deeply buried under uniformly distributed loads. Experimental data was used to calibrate the finite-element ... -
Structural Behavior of Debonded Link-Slabs in Continuous Bridge Decks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Link-slabs provide continuity in the deck of multispan structures supported by girders. Current practice recommends debonding the link-slab from the girder ends to reduce its stiffness. A simplified method developed based ... -
Modeling and Separation of Thermal Effects from Cable-Stayed Bridge Response
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This article presents a practical multivariate linear-based model for modeling and separation of thermal effects from the cable-stayed bridge response. First, the discrete typical thermal loadings, which are the variables ... -
Infrasound-Based Noncontact Sensing for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study demonstrates the use of infrasound measurements from microphones as a means of noncontact sensing to capture the dynamic properties of structures for structural health monitoring (SHM). A pilot study using an ... -
Accelerated Construction of Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Using Novel Tower-Girder Anchorage Technique
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The traditional construction methods (e.g., erecting cable after girder) of the self-anchored suspension bridge can interrupt traffic during the construction stage due to the installation of temporary supports. That severely ... -
Static and Fatigue Tests of Steel-Precast Composite Beam Specimens with Through-Bolt Shear Connectors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Increasing demand for the rapid and economical construction of bridges has encouraged engineers to use accelerated bridge construction through modular assembly. Full-depth, precast concrete decks connected to steel girders ... -
Traffic Load Simulation for Long-Span Suspension Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study presents a procedure for simulating traffic loads for long-span suspension bridges based on the data recorded by the weigh-in-motion (WIM) system and the agent-based traffic flow microsimulation. The past traffic ... -
Stability Index Evaluation of Slender RC Bridge Columns under Seismic and Gravity Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study evaluates the stability index of slender RC bridge columns under seismic and gravity loads. Results from this research indicate that current stability indexes used in neglecting P-Δ effects have an associated ...