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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Bridge Engineering"”.
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Current progress in bridge engineering : a German viewpoint
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1982.
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Use of fiber reinforced polymer composite in bridge structures
… gaining acceptance from civil engineers. Bridge engineering is among the fields in civil engineering benefiting from the introduction of FRP composite. Its advantages over traditional construction materials are its high tensile strength to weight ratio, ability to be molded into various …
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Valuable bridges : cable-stayed bridges and value engineering in American civil engineering culture, 1969-1979
A history and theory of cable-stayed bridges in the context of a cultural discourse on civil construction projects' value, this thesis studies the significance of cable-stayed bridge designs to 'value engineering' objectives for major highway bridge projects of the 1970s. This study of preliminary …
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Behavior of advanced innovative materials for improved long-term bridge performance
… materials. The materials are applied in bridge engineering in order to either enhance the conventional materials or replace them. The dissertation consists of two major parts: structural steel coatings for corrosion mitigation and thermal behavior of concrete bridge.</p> <p>In First Part, …
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Numerical modelling of reinforced concrete bridge pier under artificially generated earthquake time-histories
… They are then used in the analysis of RC bridge piers under the AGETH. Several techniques including Fourier analysis, normalised cumulative spectrum, energy dissipation, damage index as well as probability applications are applied to quantify the structural response and damage. Based on …
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Automated Generation of Geometric Digital Twins of Existing Reinforced Concrete Bridges
The cost and effort of modelling existing bridges from point clouds currently outweighs the perceived benefits of the resulting model. The time required for generating a geometric Bridge Information Model, a holistic data model which has recently become known as a "Digital Twin", of an existing …
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Effects of disparate information levels on bridge management and safety
… planning and life-cycle assessment methods for bridge networks have received large research interest for many years; with modern emphasis often based on probabilistic approaches, due to their ability to handle uncertainty. This allows for risk-based approaches to quantify structural safety, …
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Dynamic modeling and monitoring of bridge decks
Abstract available (p. iii)
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The application of parallel computer technology to the dynamic analysis of suspension bridges
… instabilities in long span suspension bridge structures, such as flutter which is a catastrophic aeroelastic phenomena. The thesis is set out in two distinct parts:- Part I, presents the theoretical background of the main forms of aerodynamic instabilities, presenting in detail the main …
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Highway embankment design in Bangladesh
At present there is no systematic approach for the design of highway embankments in Bangladesh. To address this issue, this thesis presents a methodology which can be used for the design of embankments in countries with similar conditions to those experienced in Bangladesh. Such conditions include: …
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A Comparison and Evaluation of Different Dynamic Characterization Approaches for Bridges
… characterization approaches for full scale bridge structures to devise a rapid and reliable Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) program in the aftermath of a natural or manmade hazard. Present methods for structural condition evaluation of bridge structures rely heavily on on-site visual …
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The assessment of corrosion-damaged concrete structures
Data from existing research are linked together to produce an overview of the effects of chloride-induced corrosion on reinforced concrete structures. The effects of chloride-induced corrosion on the following mechanisms have been investigated: (i) Cracking. (ii) Bond strength. (iii) Flexural …
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Structural assessment of bridges using monitoring data
… data with structural analysis modelling, in bridge operation and maintenance (O\&M) activities. Many bridge practitioners question whether these technologies and techniques can provide valuable and reliable information on bridge safety and performance. In the first part of this PhD thesis, a …