Bridge failure to pass load capacity assessment is unfortunately not an uncommon problem
in bridge engineering and it is a potentially expensive problem for the bridge owner. Using …

Bridge designs are routinely developed using simplified 1D approximations of structural
behavior and assume linear elastic behavior throughout the structure. More rigorous …

Multi-girder prestressed concrete bridges are a very common structural form for bridges
around the world. Their continued use is expected in the future given the advantages these …

Abstract Service lives can be extended for the aging steel girder bridge population, many of
which are nominally simply spanning structures, by evaluating structural response and …

This paper showcases the importance of field testing in efforts to deal with the deteriorating
infrastructure. It shows that when tested, bridges do not necessarily behave as expected …

A better understanding of the relationships among girder stresses, cross-frame design, and
skew angle of two steel I-girder bridges, which have moderate and high levels of skew and …

Braces in straight bridge systems improve the lateral-torsional buckling resistance of the
girders by reducing the unbraced length, while in horizontally curved and skew bridges, the …

Characteristic cracks in skewed bridges, detrimental to service performance, form in deck
acute corners and run diagonally across deck span. This paper presents the relationship …

Cross-frames must provide necessary stiffness for stability, but excessive stiffness can be
detrimental by causing stress distributions differing from designers' expectations and/or …

The authors propose a systematic approach to a rate-optimal, fully static multiprocessor
implementation for a real-time recurrence algorithm. The objective is to minimize the number …