This release is available in Spanish. The TECNALIA Technological Corporation have taken part, through its Construction Unit, in the European research project, "Competitive steel and composite bridges ...

Many modern bridges use orthotropic steel bridge decks (OSBD), the decks being the surface sections of the bridge. OSBDs were designed to be lightweight and economical. However, this design has shown ...

Composite Advantage has found commercial success with composite bridges, as shown here. Yet many bridges built with composites from 1998 to 2004 under the Federal Highway Administration's Innovative ...

The American Institute of Steel Construction has released Design Guide 38, SpeedCore Systems for Steel Structures. The document pertains to the nonproprietary concrete-filled composite steel plate ...

Keywords: Blast, seismic, testing, composite columns, multi-hazard, retrofit, design, jacketed columns, concrete-filled steel tubes. Abstract: This report presents the results of an analytical and ...

Earn Your Structural Engineering Certificate in Bridge Design from One of the Nation's Most Respected Engineering Schools. Bridge structure design is a subset of civil engineering. Bridge structure ...

Lansing, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and university researchers have subjected a high-tech material to trial by fire and ice in their search for better bridge ...

Replace the 535-foot-long timber Knickerbocker Bridge with a material that could withstand close tidal waters and the harsh marine environment. The 32-foot-wide, eight-span, 540-foot long ...

In an earthquake, a bridge is designed to take the brunt of the damage at the top and bottom of the vertical columns where they meet the foundation and the horizontal beams. If a bridge survives from ...