Keywords: XY-friction pendulum (XY-FP) bearings. Seismic isolation. Truss-bridge models. Numerical analyses. Harmonic simulations. Earthquake simulations. Flat sliding (FS) bearings. Seismic ...

Earn Your Structural Engineering Certificate in Bridge Design from One of the Nation's Most Respected Engineering Schools. Bridge structure design is a subset of civil engineering. Bridge structure ...

Crews picked concrete precast girders as heavy as 93.5 tons from a deteriorated bridge over the Williams River and transferred them to the first of two Vermont Interstate 91 bridge replacements, ...

The unusual pedestrian bridge at Florida International University had an undetected design flaw that probably contributed to its collapse in March, the Miami Herald reported, citing a review by three ...

ZILWAUKEE — The state Department of Transportation spent $2.1 million on 34 giant bearings that it won’t use in the Zilwaukee Bridge, concerned that doing so would mean removing concrete from the ...

Keywords: Seismic performance. Roller seismic isolation bearings. Seismic isolation systems. Highway infrastructure. Bridges. Cylindrical rollers. Self-centering capabilities. Constant spectral ...

Journal bearing design is complex. It involves optimizing clearances, bearing length, minimum film lubricant, viscosity, flow rate, and inlet slots. Design equations are available, but their solution ...