1st Edition

Durability of Bridge Structures Proceedings of the 7th New York City Bridge Conference, 26-27 August 2013

Edited By Khaled Mahmoud Copyright 2013
314 Pages
by CRC Press

314 Pages
by CRC Press

On Thursday evening, May 23, 2013, the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed due to impact by an oversize truck, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Fortunately, the bridge is located in a rural area and nobody was killed in the accident, but three people were rescued after their cars plunged into the frigid water of the Skagit River. According to... Read more

1 Cable-supported bridges

Main cable anchorages investigation at Forth Road Bridge
B.R. Colford

Fabrication and construction of self anchored San Francisco Oakland Bay Suspension Bridge
M. Nader, G. Baker, J. Duxbury & B. Maroney

Structural cable designs and concepts
T.W. Klein

Latest developments in suspension bridge main cable dehumidification
M.L. Bloomstine

Design, analysis and construction of Puente Mercosur—third bridge across the Orinoco River
K. Humpf, M. Müller & C. Silingardi


2 Bridge analysis & design

Development of economical short-span steel bridge standards
K. Barth, G. Michaelson, M. Barker & D. Snyder

Fatigue properties of steel-concrete composite slab using a cementitious adhesive
I. Yoshitake, A. Ogawa, Y. Fujimoto & Y.J. Kim

Development of a shallow press-brake formed tub girder for short-span steel bridges
K. Barth, J. Mash, G. Michaelson, M. Barker & D. Snyder

Load-carrying capacity of corroded end of I-section steel girder
E. Yamaguchi & T. Akagi

Uplift bearings—selection and design considerations
G. Moor, T. Spuler, N. Meng & C. O’Suilleabhain

Design of Idemli Bridges in landslide areas
C. Ozkaya, G. Cetin & F. Tulumtas


3 Bridge rehabilitation and retrofit

Precast concrete filled steel grid panels for deck replacement at the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge—South Span
W. Moreau & S. Abdou

Blatnik and Bong Bridges wire rope replacement: Maintaining Minnesota’s unique bridge inventory
L. Amundson, R. Haight & E. Lutgen

Rehabilitation of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and Highbridge Interchange Ramps
M. Tughral Shaikh, H.-P. Ho & T. Bashir

Jointless ‘floating’ deck for the Walt Whitman Bridge
R. Prior, D. Griffith, Q. Ye & V. Pandya

Brooklyn Bridge orthotropic deck installation
R. Leo & P. Reynolds


4 Seismic analysis & design

Case studies on several isolated bridge configurations adopting a performance based approach
D. Forcellini & M. Banfi

Assessment and design of seismically isolated bridges in proximity of major faults and located on liquefiable soils
C. Ozkaya, G. Cetin & F. Tulumtas

Seismic retrofitting of curved highway viaducts
G. Moor, C. Mendez & T. Spuler

Retrofit procedures of bridge networks against seismic actions in Italy
A. Pipinato


5 Bridge monitoring

Investigation of feasibility of deterministic, theoretical predictive models underpinning visual condition monitoring outcomes
A. Sagar, S. de Silva & S. Setunge

GPR testing of reinforced concrete viaduct beams
D. Beben, W. Anigacz & A. Mordak

Monitoring of soil-steel railway bridge under service loads
D. Beben & W. Anigacz


6 Bridge aesthetics & history

Artists’ portraits of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
S. Rothwell

Measures of structural art: A case study using Streicker Bridge
D.H. Sigurdardottir & B. Glisic

Lindenthal and the Manhattan Bridge eyebar chain controversy
K. Gandhi

Author index

Biography

Khaled Mahmoud