Analysis of Cracking of I79 Bridge at Neville Island
A large crack was discovered to form in a girder of the I-79 Glenfield Bridge over the back channel of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh on January 28, 1977. A section of the girder containing...
Girth Weld Defect Tolerance Criteria
This paper describes the following criteria proposed for setting allowable defect sizes in girth welds: PD 6493:1980, 'Guidance on Some Methods for the Derivation of Acceptance...
Dynamic Response Correlation of Cylindrical Tanks
The May 1983 Coalinga Earthquake provided an opportunity to correlate earthquake performance of cylindrical liquid storage tanks with behavior observed in laboratory shaking table experiments....
Bascule
The Columbus Drive Bascule Bridge in Chicago is one of the largest bascule bridges in the world with a 270 ft. span and 1l0 ft. width. Four welded steel box girders support each of the...
Containment Capability
Section 2. 0 of this report contains a description of analysis methods for the containment structure. Testing on containment models and sections of containments is described. Section 3....
State-of-the-Art Report on Steel Embedments
The basic philosophy underlying the design of steel embedments may be summarized as follows: (1) If an attachment can be located such that a group of cast-in-place anchors can be used...
Fatigue Research at the University of Illinois
Toward Fatigue-Proofing Cover Plate Ends
Fatigue Damage Assessment of Welded Structures
Effect of Peening on Fatigue Life of Welded Details
Analytical Models for Steel Connections
Use of Global and Local Analysis Methods in the Structural Design of De Long Piers
Underwater Welded Dock Repairs
Metropolitan Water District San Diego Pipeline 5
Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Corrosion Fatigue Behaviour of Monopod Tubular Joints
Straightening of Inelastically Deformed Bars
Stress Intensity Factors for Welded Bridge Details
An Improved Design for Grain Storage Tanks Solves Problem of Brittle Failures
The welded tank features fracture-tough steel and tube stiffeners to overcome problems evident in several failures of major tanks in recent years. Used extensively for grain storage in...
Causes and Preventions of Lamellar Tearing: Engineer's Notebook
Within the past 10 years, a steel cracking problem, lamellar tearing, has arisen after welding of thicker sections and higher-strength steels. A separation underlying a weld joining plate...
Butt Fusion of Large Diameter Polyolefin Pipe
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