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Expert Tip: Economical design for steel composite bridge

Expert Tip: Economical design for steel composite bridges


Economical design for steel composite bridge Summary This article delves into the cost-effective design of steel composite bridges, with a focus on optimizing shop splice locations. Utilizing a method suggested by Korean engineers, the stud...

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Expert Tip: Curved Girder Analysis Part 3

Expert Tip: Curved Girder Analysis Part 3


I girder vs. tub girder Our next question may be “What are the differences between an I and a tub girder?”
Expert Tip: Curved Girder Analysis Part 2

Expert Tip: Curved Girder Analysis Part 2


The previous article (Curvature effects on a medium-span curved bridge) showed that we should be cautious to get reasonable torsional moment...

Expert Tip: Analysis of Suspension Bridges 5


Dr. Hirai was a Japanese engineer, professor, and researcher. In 1940, Dr. Hirai went to a movie theater and watched the news about the fail...

Expert Tip: Analysis of Suspension Bridges 4


Analysis of suspension bridges - Peery’s methods use integration To calculate the area of influence lines, Simpson’s method has been applied...

Expert Tip: Suspension Bridges 2


4th-order differential equation Eq(2) is a 4th-order differential equation, and we can imagine it is not simple to solve.

Expert Tip: Suspension Bridges 1


The Question We have structural analysis programs. Can we make the model (like other conventional bridges) and perform the analysis (as usua...
Creep analysis

Expert Tip: Creep Analysis - Next Steps


Composite Section Analysis Finally we came to the composite section analysis. One of the best examples is from Dr. Gilbert and Dr. Ranzi (Ex...