Aug 27, 1999
Design criterion and methodologies have been developed and implemented that require bridges to be without significant damage following severe ground shaking. The design philosophy used to obtain these results is often referred to as “Performance Based Design.” These...
Jul 1, 1999
The current AASHTO Specifications do not have adequate guidelines for seismic modeling and analysis of steel bridges. Bridge designers in seismic zones have always raised concerns about the adequacy of beam models in performing seismic analysis of steel bridges. This...
May 24, 1999
As a part of the Posey and Webster Street Tubes seismic retrofit project, finite element analysis was used to study the soil–structure interaction behavior due to earthquake ground motions. This paper summarizes the nonlinear analysis activities for the Alameda Tubes....
Jun 1, 1998
The purpose of this research was to provide the information required to finalize seismic retrofit design of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The emphasis was on conducting cyclic tests of half-scale specimens representing laced members and joints of the Bridge....
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