An Optimal Design of Steel Pipe Pile Foundation
This paper presents an optimal design method for the steel pipe pile foundation of bridge pier using a nonlinear programming. It is firstly assumed that an imaginary wall model behaves...
Optimization of Cable Prestresses of Cable Stayed Bridges Based on Minimum Strain Energy Criterion
In this study, an attempt is made to determine the optimum cable prestresses based on the strain energy criterion. The validity of the strain energy criterion on the optimum cable prestresses...
Two-Level Optimization of Nonlinear Structures
This paper presents several optimization design problems and their applications to both cable structures and geometrically nonlinear braced-rib arches. The sum of squares of residuals...
BABE: An Expert System for Structural Design of Bridge Abutments and Piers
A knowledge-based expert system named 'BABE' (Bridge and Building Evaluation) has been developed for the purpose of helping the user in planning, analysis and...
Polymer Concretes
Polymer Concrete (PC) is prepared by using polymeric materials to bond inert aggregates in a fashion similar to that of Portland Cement in the preparation of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)....
Testing of Reinforced Concrete Bridges for External Reinforcement
Several continuous reinforced concrete slab bridges were constructed in the 1950's with spans ranging from 30 ft. to 60 ft. Longitudinal cracks were observed in the tension...
Fatigue and Fracture Evaluation of Riveted Bridge Members
Among the major concerns of bridge engineers today are the fatigue damages that have been accumulated in riveted members and the safety of riveted structures. Many of these structures...
Fatigue Strength of Corroded Rolled Beams
Highway and railway bridges fabricated from ASTM A7, A36, and A572 steels will corrode if the paint system is allowed to fail for lack of maintenance. Corroding members lose cross section...
A Method of Computing Impact and Fatigue Life in the Railway Steel Girder Bridge
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic interactions between an steel girder bridge and a moving freight train. A non-linear, 100-ton, freight car vehicle model and a 70-ft...
Fatigue Evaluation of a Riveted Railroad Bridge
An 83 year old railroad bridge was analyzed for fatigue based on historical records such as the original schedules. Based on the number of cycles to date, corresponding to an effective...
Enhancing Concrete Durability by Treatment with Sealers
This paper summarizes some of the research which has been undertaken on sealers for hardened concrete during the last ten years at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates. Inc. The research used...
The Use of Penetrating Sealers on Concrete Bridge Decks
Acceptance criteria for Penetrating sealers is shown. Penetrating sealers can be used as cost effective preventive maintenance for bridge deck concrete in northern climates. Factors affecting...
High Molecular Weight Methacrylate for Sealing Cracked Concrete
The sealing of cracks in concrete surfaces has been one of the most difficult types of repair to accomplish. Epoxy injection has been widely used, but due to its relatively high cost,...
Predicted Fatigue Life Behavior of Stay Cables
Monte Carlo simulation results are used to illustrate the relationship between the fatigue lives of short prestressing strand test specimens and long strand stay cables. Long stay cables...
Fatigue Strength of Welded Steel Mesh
Welded steel mesh (WSM) is prefabricated by welding cold-drawn wires in a grid-like mesh. Engineers avoid using WSM as main reinforcement in highway structures due to their lack of knowledge...
Development of High Strength Composite Cables
Fiber reinforced composite materials offer significant advantages over conventional materials, for such factors as corrosion resistance, lighter weight, and higher strengths. These advantages...
Wind Tunnel Testing of the Karnali River Bridge
An extended wind tunnel testing program of the erection procedures and the stability of the completed one-tower cable-stayed Karnali River Bridge was conducted with the help of full bridge...
Aerodynamic Improvements for Plate-Girder Bridges
This paper describes the application of wind tunnel tests on plate-girder cable-stayed bridges to ensure that the cross-section will not be susceptible to wind-induced oscillations. Information...
Retrofitting Aerodynamic Performance of Bridges
This paper is a review of aerodynamic retrofit techniques for long-span bridges. The discussion includes a description of the aerodynamic problems of static divergence, flutter, buffeting,...
Inclined-Cable Aerodynamics
A series of wind tunnel tests have been conducted to clarify the fundamental mechanism of the vibration of the inclined cables of cable stayed bridges. The influence of the cable orientation...
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