Intermediate diaphragms (ID) in bridges with precast girders are intended to improve load distribution among girders. Despite this, their efficacy has been doubted recently due to the complex ...

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Massachusetts-based startup Allium Engineering says its stainless-steel-bonded reinforcing bar can push bridge deck service life to 100 years or more without changing how contractors build—and the ...

The present document presents a review on the use of the finite element software package CODE_BRIGHT to simulate reinforced soil structures (RSS). RSS are composed of longitudinal steel or polymeric ...

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Load testing of bridges is a practice as old as bridge engineering. In the past, load testing was used upon opening of a newly built bridge to show the traveling public that this structure is safe for ...

Pine Bluff City Council tables rental housing standards ordinance after landlord pushback The Pine Bluff City Council is hitting pause on a proposed ordinance that would set minimum standards for ...

Abstract: A procedure is proposed for the design of power transmission line structure foundations using a probability-based load and resistance factor design (LRFD) format. This procedure involves the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Officials with the Little Rock Fire Department said a teenage boy was found dead in the Arkansas River Thursday night. Officials with the LRFD said the 15-year-old went missing ...