Steel Bridges
Research
- Cooperative Agreement for Advancing Steel and Concrete Bridge Technology
- Better Understanding of Weathering Steel Performance
- Efficacy of Solid-State Welding for Bridge Fabrication
- Evaluation and Removal of Surface Contaminants from Steel Prior to Coating
- Fatigue of Plasma and Laser Cut Holes
Publications
- Computer Integrated Steel Bridge Design and Construction - Expanding Automation - Final Report
- Guide for Heat-Straightening of Damaged Steel Bridge Members
- High Performance Steel Designers' Guide (.pdf, 1 mb)
- Manual for Repair and Retrofit of Fatigue Cracks in Steel Bridges (.pdf, 13 mb)
- Prefabricated Steel Bridge Systems - Final Report
Technical Advisories
- T 5040.4 Design Details - Tie Plate Connections
- T 5140.11 Quality Control and Quality Assurance Inspections on Welded-Steel Fracture-Critical Members
- T 5140.27 Immediate Inspection of Deck Truss Bridges
- T 5140.29 Load-carrying Capacity Considerations of Gusset Plates in Non-load-path-redundant Steel Truss Bridges
- T 5140.31 Inspection of Gusset Plates Using Non-Destructive Evaluation Technologies
Memos
- Clarification of Requirements for Fracture Critical Members (06/20/2012)
- OSHA's Final Rule on Steel Erection (03/15/2002)
- Partial Payment of Stockpiled Material-Plates and Shapes (03/29/2000)
- Narrow-Gap Electroslag Welding for Bridges (03/20/2002)
- Narrow-Gap Improved Electroslag Welding for Bridges (Demonstration Project DP-102) (12/16/1998)
Seminars and Training
- NHI General
- LRFD of Highway Bridge Superstructures - Steel (.pdf, 0.1 mb)
- LRFD of Curved and Skewed Girder Bridges (.pdf, 0.2 mb)
- Fracture Critical Inspection Techniques for Steel Bridges (.pdf, 0.2 mb)
Demo Projects
- Demonstration Project 102 Narrow Gap Improved Electroslag Welding for Bridges
- Demonstration Project Heat-Straightening Repair for Damaged Steel Bridges
Links
Articles
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Updated: 03/28/2013