Abstract In Japan, bridge inspections are compulsorily performed in 5‐year cycles. With the institutionalization of inspection cycle, essential data have been continuously accumulated. However, effective utilization requires trend analysis and causal for a group bridges. this study, method determining factors affecting deterioration is established. The concrete steel bridges with Bayesian netwo...

Currently in the United Kingdom there are over 100 bridges containing hinge joint components, introduced to simplify and standardise designs. Visual inspection of hinge joints noted bridge deck waterproofing failure, which can cause steel reinforcement bar corrosion. This reinforcement is crucial to the integrity of the joint, and the loss of reinforcement section can induce higher stresses lea...

In this study an orthotropic slab finite element is developed to model orthotropic slabs in fire, using a layered 9-noded iso-parametric slab element and a 3-noded beam element. The element is assembled from a solid slab element which represents the continuous upper portion of the profile, and a special beam element which represents the ribbed lower portion. An equivalent width for the cross-se...

In this paper, nonlinear implicit finite element analyses are used to explore parametric excitation of a bridge stay cable resulting from cyclic motion of the deck. “Parametric excitation” is excitation of a cable mode with deck motion at near twice the frequency of the excited mode. Third-mode parametric frequency response curves are consistently predicted when the finite element mesh is suffi...

The theoretical model to compute the long-term stress of simply supported steel-concrete composite beam was deduced. The model includes the effects of steel bars in concrete slab, concrete shrinkage and creep. The computed results agreed well with the test results. On this basis, the effects of factors such as concrete age to loading, longitudinal reinforcement ratio in concrete slab, concrete ...

Two concrete deck slabs extracted from a Canadian bridge have been evaluated using non-destructive testing (NDT), followed by destructive testing. Throughout its service life, the experienced harsh environmental conditions with frequent freeze-thaw cycles, hot and humid summers, use of de-icing salts during winters. This study presents preliminary results an exhaustive condition assessment two ...

Instrumentation, structural modeling, and model updating are incorporated into the design and construction process of a multi-span bridge to change the paradigm of traditional bridge design to a long-term bridge design. A continuous three span composite steel stringer bridge in Barre, Massachusetts was used as a pilot bridge. A monitoring system was installed in order to capture structural beha...