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MIDASoft bridge library containing project case studies, practical applications, and engineer presentations.

5 Differences Between Culverts and Bridges

5 Differences Between Culverts and Bridges


If you think about it, CULVERTS are a bit of an anomaly in the structural world. Culverts carry various load types (pedestrian, vehicular, and cattle), cross a body of water, and follow the AASHTO LRFD specifications similarly to bridges. H...

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Failure is an Option


Earlier this month, an arch bridge over the eastern Taiwan bay collapsed, injuring over twenty people and killing six people. The tragic eve...
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Structural Evaluation of Concrete Slab/T-Beam Bridges


Summary of Session The presentation gave a brief introduction to the bridge load rating and the procedure. It will also cover the structural...
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Do we really know the foundation performance during liquefaction?


In 2010, the M8.8 Maule Chile earthquake impacted most of central Chile. It was catastrophic to say to least resulting in over 500 lives los...
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Bridge Column Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering


Check out the paper below for information on how the engineers used MIDAS Civil to identify the possible distribution of modern bridge respo...
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Validation of Current Seismic Design Nonlinear Time History Analysis


Anoosh Shamsabadi Tom Ostrom, Office of Earthquake Engineering, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA Ertugrul Taciroglu C...
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MICHAEL BAKER'S APPROACH TO COMPLEX LOAD RATING WORKFLOW


Load rating is a type of project that most bridge engineers work on at one point. Although people often misunderstand it is easy to complete...
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MICHAEL BAKER'S APPROACH TO COMPLEX CONCRETE LOAD RATING


Load rating is a type of project that most bridge engineers work on at one point. Although people often misunderstand it is easy to complete...