TRB AFF20 Committee on Steel Bridges

Committee Meeting Agenda

Monday, January 13, 2003, 1:30-5:30 pm
Hotel: Marriott - Washington B3 Room

1. Opening Remarks Mr. Mark L. Reno, Chairman

2. Introductions of members and guests

3. TRB Announcements

4. Technical presentations

   1. "Preliminary Results of Fatigue Testing of Punched HPS70W Steel Plates"
      Caroline Kayser, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
      James Swanson, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
      Daniel Linzell, Ph.D., Penn State University, State College, PA

   2. "A Landmark Cable-Stayed Bridge over the Charles River, Boston,MA"
      Vijay Chandra, Senior Vice President, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc.
      Anthony L. Ricci, Chief Bridge Engineer, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
      Paul J. Towell, Senior Bridge Engineer, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc.
      Keith Donington, Senior Supervising Structural Engineer, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc.

   3. "Incremental Launching of the Clifford Hollow Bridge"
      Jim Bergeron, Parsons Transportation Group, Essex, CT

   4. "New LRFD Provisions for the Flexural Design of Steel I-Girder Bridges"
      Donald W. White, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

   5. "Guideways for Maglev Trains"
      Karl H. Frank, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, TX

5. Sub-Committee Report

6. Research Problem Statements

7. Future Activities / Sessions for TRB 2004/Assignments/Workshops/Synthesis

8. Committee self evaluation

9. Other Committee Business

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