...Fei Guo; Jiangdong Deng; Bin Yang; Yanqiu Lu; Zichao Wang To improve construction efficiency and maintenance access in steel–concrete composite bridges, in this study, a prefabricated system is proposed using cold-formed ∩-shaped steel girders and lightweight aggregate concrete ( LWCC ) slabs. Four...

... coefficients are sensitive to the presence of abnormalities in the database, which can be due to damage and outliers. To test the proposed method, an experimental wooden bridge is analysed, and the results obtained demonstrate that damage can be detected under the influence of environmental and operational...

...Yingtao Yang; Yajun Yin; Chenbo Zhang; Huili Wang In the swivel construction of large-tonnage cable-stayed bridges, the swivel speed often plays an important role in stability and safety. Based on the background of the largest swivel bridge across Xiangyang North Marshalling Station in Asia...

...Jin Liu; Xiangmin Yu; Xiaoqing Du The composite Pasco–Kennewick girder ( CPKG ) features a super-wide design, strong transverse stiffness and excellent wind resistance, making it a formidable choice for cable-stayed bridges (CSBs) spanning 200–800 m. However, due to the unique shape and size...

...Xiangyang Lv; Zichen Chang; Zhanyou Yan; Guofang Zhao To study the mechanical relationship between vehicles and bridge decks, a bridge model, a rubber tyre model and a bridge deck pavement ( BDP ) model were constructed based on vehicle–bridge dynamic coupling theory. The rationality of the rubber...

...Han Su, PhD; Wentao Li, MEng; Zhenkun Huang, MEng; Sen Liu, MEng; Jinsheng Du, PhD; Jian Wang, PhD The wet joint is usually adopted in the closure section of precast concrete segmental bridges (PCSBs); the regular longitudinal reinforcement is discontinuous, which makes this section the most...

...Muhammad Mazhar Saleem; Hongki Jo, PhD Knowledge of the structural excitations induced in bridges due to traffic loading is an important component of structural health monitoring. However, direct measurement of such traffic-induced structural excitations in real-world structures is extremely...

..., providing a helpful tool in cable design. The flexible nature of stay cables in cable-stayed bridges is a distinguishing feature, as they exhibit low drag ratios (Abdel-Ghafar and Khalifa, 1991 ; Caetano, 2022). Stay cables have high vulnerability to wind-induced forces (Kumarasena et al...

...Adham Gholipour, MSc; Mohammad-Reza Davoodi, PhD; Hossein Yousefpour, PhD Many arch bridges have been built in near-fault regions around the world and may be affected by fling step, which is the permanent ground displacement caused by the long-period pulse within the frequency content...

...Ali Raoof Mehrpour Hosseini, MSc; Mehran S. Razzaghi, PhD; Nasser Shamskia, PhD Foundation scour has been a reason for several cases of river-bridge earthquake-induced failure during recent decades. However, practising engineers often do not consider its direct effect on the seismic design...

...Sedef Kocakaplan, PhD; Ehsan Ahmadi, PhD, FHEA; Mohammad M. Kashani, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, CEng, MIStructE, FHEA In recent years, accelerated bridge construction has led to the substantial application of precast post-tensioned segmental (PPS) bridge piers. However, PPS piers are not widely used...

...Dinesh Kumar Devendiran, ME; Swagata Banerjee, PhD River-crossing bridges in seismically active regions are typically susceptible to two natural hazards – earthquakes and floods. For such bridges, design parameters related to piers may play major roles in bridge multi-hazard performance...

... 02 03 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2023 bridges composite structures failure finite-element modelling fracture & fracture mechanics shear shear strength steel–concrete composite bridges steel structures The behaviour of shear connections...

...Kexin Zhang, PhD; Dachao Li, BEng; He Liu, PhD; Xingwei Xue, PhD; Fei Teng, PhD The mechanical properties of cooperative system bridges are complex. This paper describes the construction monitoring and load tests of a cable-stayed and arch cooperative bridge. The cable force, girder stress and arch...

...Alemdar Bayraktar, PhD; Arif Erdiş, BEng; Altok Kurşun, BEng; Yavuzhan Taş, PhD; Mehmet Akköse, PhD Cable-stayed bridges (CSBs) are flexible and complex structures. Impact-induced vibrations may play an important role in the behaviours of the structural elements. Much effort has been devoted...

... that of solid-section columns: hollow columns have less weight, higher strength and a higher stiffness to mass ratio in comparison with solid columns (Kusumawardaningsih and Hadi, 2010 ; Lignola et al., 2007). The use of hollow-section columns as bridge piers and piles is becoming more widespread...

...Duo Liu, PhD; Xingbao Zhao, MS; Wenqin Deng, PhD; Jiandong Zhang, PhD To understand the influence of the layout and geometric parameters of the lining concrete on the mechanical properties of multi-cell single-box girder bridges with corrugated steel webs, the Fenghua River Bridge is taken...

...Hamid Reza Ebrahimi Motlagh, MSc; Payam Tehrani, PhD Near-field (NF) and far-field (FF) ground motion records were used to develop seismic fragility curves at different damage states for a multi-span reinforced concrete bridge using incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). The use of different methods...

...Inzimam ul Haq; Muhammad Fiaz Tahir; Qaiser uz Zaman Khan; Ali Raza; Muhammad Rizwan Past bridge failures due to earthquakes have been found to be due to inadequate seismic design of the bridge piers. It is thus essential to investigate the effect of lateral confinement on the seismic behaviour...

...Yail J. Kim, PhD, PEng, FACI; Eric Bodenstab, MS; Yongcheng Ji, PhD This paper reports on a numerical study into the crack-dependent behaviour of a steel-plate girder bridge strengthened with carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer sheets. Progressive cracking, which represented fatigue-induced damage...