Journal of Bridge Engineering: Recent submissions
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Extraction of Bridge Modal Parameters Using Passing Vehicle Response
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Bridge modal parameters play an important role in bridge engineering; they can serve as useful indices for many applications, such as numerical mode calibration and updating, and bridge structural health monitoring (SHM). ... -
Procedures and Guidelines for Design of Lateral Bridge Slide Activities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) methods are implemented to reduce mobility impact time. In Michigan, four bridges were replaced using lateral slide, which is one of the ABC methods. The Michigan projects, a large ... -
Virtual Axle Method for Bridge Weigh-in-Motion Systems Requiring No Axle Detector
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Bridge weigh-in-motion (BWIM) systems provide an effective approach to identifying the axle and gross vehicle weights of vehicles as they travel over an instrumented bridge. For the majority of BWIM systems, the vehicle ... -
Structural Behavior of GFRP-RC Bridge Deck Slabs Connected with UHPFRC Joints under Flexure and Shear
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Recently, the use of ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced-concrete (UHPFRC) closure joints between structural members has increased in accelerated bridge construction (ABC) applications. This paper presents an experimental ... -
Noncontact Dynamic Displacement Measurement of Structures Using a Moving Laser Doppler Vibrometer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Monitoring of bridge displacements is critical for safe and cost-effective railroad operations. One of the essential parameters for determining the serviceability of the bridges is the dynamic displacement of the bridge ... -
Integrated Framework for Quantifying the Effect of Climate Change on the Risk of Bridge Failure Due to Floods and Flood-Induced Scour
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Climate change has been recognized as a significant threat for transportation infrastructure. The change in temperature profiles and precipitation patterns and the increase in the intensity of weather-related extreme events ... -
Design, Construction, and Shake Table Testing of a Steel Girder Bridge System with ABC Connections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)A shake table experiment of a large-scale, two-span accelerated bridge construction (ABC) bridge model with steel superstructure incorporating six of the more promising ABC connections was conducted on shake tables at the ... -
Time-Dependent Reliability and Redundancy of Corroded Prestressed Concrete Bridges at Material, Component, and System Levels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Due to structural deterioration, the performance of concrete bridges degrades with time and may result in catastrophic failure events, especially for nonredundant structures. This paper develops a methodology for assessing ... -
Seismic Performance of a New Connection Detail in an SDCL Steel Bridge System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The simple for dead load and continuous for live load (SDCL) steel bridge system has proven to be economical for nonseismic application. Although the system has been used in different methods of construction, this paper ... -
Computer Modeling and Weight Limit Analysis for Bridge Structure Fatigue Using OpenSEES
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)With the increasing demand in freight transportation, truck overloading has become a common issue worldwide. Overloaded trucks pose great challenges for transportation administration in that they can jeopardize the safety ... -
Bridge Influence Line Identification Based on Regularized Least-Squares QR Decomposition Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The bridge influence line is an important tool to study the bridge response under moving loads and contains tremendous structural information. Structural deterioration during the bridge’s service life will induce variation ... -
Development of Traffic Live-Load Models for Bridge Superstructure Rating with RBDO and Best Selection Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is frequently used to determine optimal structural geometry and material characteristics that can best meet performance goals while considering uncertainties. In this study, the ... -
Shaking Table Tests of Post-Tensioned Rocking Bridge with Double-Column Bents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Rocking piers can limit the seismic damage and residual displacement under strong earthquakes to maintain the post-earthquake serviceability of bridges. This article presents an experimental study on the seismic response ... -
Foundation Reuse in Accelerated Bridge Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)When an existing bridge is being considered for replacement due to a deteriorated or obsolete superstructure, the foundation may still have significant functional value. Reuse of these foundations during bridge replacement ... -
Temperature Gradients in Bridge Concrete I-Girders under Heat Wave
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents an experimental research work to determine temperature gradients in concrete bridge girders under natural environmental conditions. Three AASHTO Type I-girders having different configurations (with and ... -
Roll Stiffness of Reinforced Neoprene Bearing Pads under Imposed Skew and Slope Angles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)During bridge construction, the flexible support conditions provided to precast, prestressed concrete girders by steel reinforced neoprene bearing pads allow for a rolling motion about an axis parallel to the span of the ... -
Residual Strength of Cable Stay Strands from Blast Qualification
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper describes the residual strength of damaged strand and wires from protected cable stay bundles subjected to severe blast qualification tests. This effort was motivated by the question: What reserve strength is ... -
Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Seismic Behavior of Prefabricated Bridge Columns with UHPFRC Bottom Segments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The seismic performance of prefabricated segmental bridge columns (PSBCs) with ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) bottom segments was investigated through model tests and numerical simulations in this ... -
Parameters Design of TMD Mitigating Vortex-Induced Vibration of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge Deep-Water Nonnavigable Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study investigates the parameters design of the tuned mass damper (TMD) for mitigating the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of long-span bridges, which includes the selection of vortex-induced force models and robustness ... -
Tensile Behavior and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of ASTM A1010 Steel for Bridge Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study investigates the mechanical properties of ASTM A1010 steel plates and assesses their cost efficiency through life cycle cost (LCC) analyses when used in bridge construction. First, tensile tests were conducted ...