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LRFD for U. S. Bridge Design ? Validation Issues
During the 1987 meeting of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures, recommendations from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Project 20-7/31, regarding...

Overview of Programs at Sandia National Laboratories
This paper presents on overview of the containment integrity programs at Sandia National Laboratories. Companion papers at this conference give greater details about the construction,...

Design and Construction of A 1/6 Scale, LWR Reinforced Concrete Containment
This paper summarizes the closely coordinated engineering and construction planning associated with the design and construction of a reinforced concrete containment model. Designed at...

Containment Model ? Test Program and Results
Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) completed the testing of a 1:6-scale containment building for a Light Water Reactor (LWR) in July 1987. The containment building was made of reinforced...

An Overview of the Round-Robin Analysis of the 1:6-Scale Reinforced Concrete Containment Model
The results of nonlinear structural analyses of a 1:6-scale reinforced concrete model, which were independently conducted by ten different organizations, are briefly described and compared...

Stress Analysis of the Liner and Liner Anchorage System Near Penetrations in a Reinforced Concrete Reactor Containment
An overpressurization experiment was conducted on a scale-model of a reinforced concrete containment building. The test was terminated when tears formed in the steel liner. Virtually all...

Development of a Test Validated Methodology for Predicting Concrete Containment Leakage
In the past several years, considerable research effort has been devoted by the Electric Power Research Institute and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the behavior of reactor...

Strength Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures
The load test as described in ACI 318-83 Chapter 20, entitled 'Strength Evaluation of Existing Structures,' was conducted at 60%, 80%, and 100% of the calculated...

Optimum RC Member Design With Discrete Sections
This paper concentrates on the development of simplified yet effective algorithm for optimum reinforced concrete (RC) member design. After constructing the data base of predetermined reinforced...

Flexural Strength of Ultra-High Strength Concrete Members
Various proposals have been made for the pridiction of strength of high strength concrete sections. One of the most important parts of any strength computation procedure is the assumption...

Field Observation of Aerodynamic Responses of a PC Cable-Stayed Bridge During Its Erection
Recordings were made of the response of a PC cable-stayed bridge during erection and the wind velocity at erection site. These recordings were analyzed to provide estimates of the characteristics...

Wind Resistant Design Manual for Highway Bridges
The new wind resistant design manual for highway bridges has been required recently in Japan. The working group was organized in the Japan Road Association is 1984 to prepare the manual....

Aerodynamic Stability of Long Span Suspension Bridge?Effects of Stiffening Truss Width
This paper presents the effects of truss width upon the aerodynamic stability of the long span suspension bridge with truss girder up to 2000 m. It was found that the truss width had a...

Codification of Wind Effects for a Long Span Suspension Bridge
Construction of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which will cross the Akashi Kaikyo Straits with a shore-to-shore of approximately 4 km, started in spring of 1988. Firstly discussions on the...

Toward an LRFD-Based AASHTO Bridge Specification
During the 1987 AASHTO Bridge Committee Meeting, recommendations from NCHRP Project 20-7/31 regarding the development of a probability-based LRFD bridge specification were accepted. NCHRP...

Bridge Loading Evaluation for Limit States Design in Japan
Some statistics regarding bridges in Japan are firstly explained. Next, the limit states design which will be introduced in 1995 for highway bridge design specification in Japan is briefly...

Fatigue Life Evaluation of Welded Structural Details in Steel Highway Bridge
Stresses in highway bridge members, fatigue crack propagation behavior and long life fatigue strength properties of welded members under traffic loadings and prediction of fatigue life...

Evaluation of Bridge Safety and Remaining Life
In developed countries, the emphasis on the infrastructure is changing from new construction to the safe maintenance of existing structures. Highway bridges represent an excellent example...

Study and Design of Multi-Span Continuous Bridge
Multi-span continuous bridges which have been constructed in the Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation are briefly explained. Some studies were carried out into their behavior. The...

Safety Evaluation and Verification by Field Testing of Concrete Bridges
This paper describes a method of safety evaluation of concrete bridges in service and the verification of the evaluated results by field tests. The field tests to evaluate structural safety...

 

 

 

 

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