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10/15/2018
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Load and Resistance Factors for Concrete Bridges and Buildings was one of several presentations kicking off the first part of the Dennis Mertz Symposium on Design and Evaluation of Concrete Bridges at The Concrete Convention and Exposition, in Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 14, 2018. Sponsored by Joint ACI-ASCE Committees 343, Concrete Bridge Design; 342, Evaluation of Concrete Bridges and Bridge Elements; and 348, Structural Reliability and Safety, the four-part symposium honors Mertz’s contributions and achievements in concrete bridge design and evaluation. The sessions are an opportunity to combine the efforts among ACI and ASCE researchers and practitioners in addressing various topics related to the design and evaluation of concrete bridges. Attendees learn about established design methodologies applied for various limit states covering topics related flexure, shear, fatigue, torsion, emerging design and evaluation approaches, and recent development in design practices, code standards, and related applications. Part I Symposium sessions included: Updating AASHTO Concrete Design Provisions - Prof. Mertz's Final Major Contribution to AASHTO LRFD Gregg Freeby Calibration of the Fatigue Limit States in AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications Andrzej Nowak Load and Resistance Factors for Concrete Bridges and Buildings Andrzej Nowak Calibration of Service I Limit State for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck Designed using Empirical Method Dan Su Establishing the Baseline Performance of a Segmental-Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridge Michael Chajes Learn more about the symposium and the presentations here. ACI Resources on Bridges Session Handouts
Load and Resistance Factors for Concrete Bridges and Buildings was one of several presentations kicking off the first part of the Dennis Mertz Symposium on Design and Evaluation of Concrete Bridges at The Concrete Convention and Exposition, in Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 14, 2018.
Sponsored by Joint ACI-ASCE Committees 343, Concrete Bridge Design; 342, Evaluation of Concrete Bridges and Bridge Elements; and 348, Structural Reliability and Safety, the four-part symposium honors Mertz’s contributions and achievements in concrete bridge design and evaluation.
The sessions are an opportunity to combine the efforts among ACI and ASCE researchers and practitioners in addressing various topics related to the design and evaluation of concrete bridges. Attendees learn about established design methodologies applied for various limit states covering topics related flexure, shear, fatigue, torsion, emerging design and evaluation approaches, and recent development in design practices, code standards, and related applications.
Part I Symposium sessions included:
Updating AASHTO Concrete Design Provisions - Prof. Mertz's Final Major Contribution to AASHTO LRFD Gregg Freeby Calibration of the Fatigue Limit States in AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications Andrzej Nowak Load and Resistance Factors for Concrete Bridges and Buildings Andrzej Nowak Calibration of Service I Limit State for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck Designed using Empirical Method Dan Su Establishing the Baseline Performance of a Segmental-Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridge Michael Chajes
Learn more about the symposium and the presentations here.
ACI Resources on Bridges
Session Handouts
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