Keywords: Seismic performance. Bidirectional-resistant ductile end diaphragms. Unbonded braces. Retrofitting. Steel bridges. Skewed bridges. Hysteretic models ...

Research will seek methods to analytically predict racking displacements so that bridge designers can take measures to accommodate these displacements. Bridges with high skew have racking ...

Steel truss bridges are a common sight on roads and railways around the world, with many dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite their high strength-to-weight ratio, which ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In April 1993, Parks Canada undertook to record and study a rather curious bridge—the Turcot Bridge, a double-intersection riveted metal truss ...

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the University of Vigo (UVigo) has just published in Nature the results of a study in which they have uncovered why bridges—specifically ...