Medicine Buffalo

Damage to Engineered Bridges from Wind, Storm Surge and Debris in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Keywords: Hurricane Katrina. Wind loads. Bridges. Storm surges. Debris. Damage detection. Remote sensing. Structural performance. Reconnaissance reports. Abstract: The MCEER special report series ...
Nature

Rain-Wind Induced Vibration of Stay Cables in Cable-Stayed Bridges

The phenomenon of rain–wind induced vibration (RWIV) in stay cables is a critical concern in the design and maintenance of cable‐stayed bridges. This vibration arises from the complex interplay ...
Medicine Buffalo

Extreme Load Combinations: A Survey of State Bridge Engineers

Keywords: Multi-hazard load and resistance factor design (MH-LRFD) framework. Bridges. Surveys. Highway infrastructure. Cascading events. Design limit state equations. Scour. Seismic loads. Vessel ...
Popular Mechanics

What It Takes to Build the World’s Most Extreme Bridges

As builders in Turkey construct the world’s longest single-span suspension bridge across the Canakkale Strait and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to build a 22-mile bridge and tunnel ...