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It's been very quiet regarding what became of the EOR on the FIU Pedestrian Bridge, and the Florida Board finally posted the reckoning.
https://fbpe.org/pate-w-denny/
I figured there'd be a lot of us out there interested, and I was surprised it was so quiet. An interesting...
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Some of you may recall my inquiry on seismic design of bearing pads. Now, I am dealing with the seismic design of piles. Specifically, these are driven piles supporting supporting footings that support multi-column bents (one pile group per column). I originally...
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I am currently in the process of modeling prestressed concrete girder bridges for seismic analysis in WinSeisab. My issue is the modeling of the bearing elements. The project is using elastomeric bearings (plain and laminated), and I am not sure what the appropriate stiffness...
I am a relatively new structural engineer (2 months in), and the company I work for will be designing bridges in a seismic zone (North Mississippi, New Madrid Fault). This would be the first seismic design the company has done, and I have no experience with this either. We will most likely...
