Medicine Buffalo

Further Development of Tubular Eccentrically Braced Frame Links for the Seismic Retrofit of Braced Steel Truss Bridge Piers

Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel truss bridge piers. Eccentrically braced frames. Self-stabilizing tubular links. Seismic load resisting systems. Finite element (FE) analyses. Parametric studies.
Medicine Buffalo

J.W. Berman and M. Bruneau

Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel bridge piers. Proof-of-concept testing. Eccentrically braced frames. Tubular links. Construction. Seismic design. Vulnerability ...
The Baltimore Sun

Bay Bridge pier protection ‘deteriorated, detached and missing,’ according to inspection report obtained by The Sun

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March launched national probes into reinforcing the country’s infrastructure, but one need not look far to find an essential span recently in need of pier ...
WTAE-TV

Engineering expert says massive stone piers of many Pittsburgh bridges can take a lot of force from barge impact

THE STRENGTH OF PITTSBURGH BRIDGES. WE SPOKE WITH A CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPERT, A PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, ABOUT THE STATE OF PITTSBURGH’S BRIDGES. AND WE’RE LOOKING BACK AT THE ...