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Massimo Cugno1, Mara Cabibbe1, Monica Galli 2, Pier Luigi Meroni3, Sonia Caccia4, Rosaria Russo4, Bianca Bottasso1, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci.1 1Department of Internal Medicine and Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan, Milan, Italy. 2Department of Hematology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy. 3Department of Internal Medicine, Univ...

A nonlinear approach for the life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis is proposed. Computational procedure for the analysis of LCC for seismically isolated bridges in a region of low to moderate seismicity is established. To compute the failure probability of critical structural components, most probable failure modes for the structure-isolator system are defined as unseating failure of a superstructure,...

A set of input specifications is designed to enable engineers and scientists, who may not be computer experts, to describe the finite element analysis (FEA) procedures for a new application. The input directs PIER, a code derivation/generation system being developed in Common Lisp, to produce either sequential or parallel FEA codes. The PIER input employs common terminology and notations as use...

Bridges are built in a variety of locations, many of which are susceptible to multiple extreme hazards (earthquakes, vehicle collisions, tsunamis or storm surges, and blasts are considered in this research since they are present as a minimum for some locations). This underscores the need to develop an innovative design concept for bridges from a multi-hazard perspective in which all hazards and...

In the present work, the efficiency of single and double collar in reducing scour rate and depth around cylindrical bridge piers was studied experimentally. In order to reduce the strength of wake vortices, different numbers of bars were also installed at the downstream face of the pier in combination with a single collar. The best result was achieved for double collar when the collars were ins...

An experimental study has been conducted on the effectiveness of two types of flow-altering countermeasures placed around a cylindrical pier under clear water condition, which include sacrificial piles and submerged vanes. Their arrangements follow the optimal configurations recommended in the published articles with some modification. The temporal evolution of maximum scour depth and its equil...

4-legged bridge steel truss piers provide support for gravity, transverse, and longitudinal lateral loads of bridges. Allowing a controlled rocking response for seismic resistance of 4-legged truss piers requires the development of design equations considering ground motions in two horizontal directions and vertical excitation. First, the static kinematic and hysteretic bi-directional behavior ...

introduction: bridges are certainly one of the most important structures but costly service elements in a transport system. the bridges are very required to access the damaged areas in emergency situations such as floods and earthquakes. scour around the foundations of bridge piers exposed to the flowing water than can destroy the bridge itself is a subject of major concern. flow pattern is kno...