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- Title
- Seismic Retrofitting Guidelines for Complex Steel Truss Highway Bridges.
- File
- PB2007105143.pdf
- Source
- Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., August 1, 2006, 196 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- MCEER-06-SP05
- Abstract
- The Seismic Retrofitting Guidelines for Complex Steel Truss Highway Bridges present the state of the practice, through 2005, for retrofitting steel truss bridges in the US. A performance-based seismic retrofit philosophy is used. The guidelines cover all major aspects pertinent to the seismic retrofitting of steel truss bridges, with a focus on superstructure retrofit. Case studies are provided. These guidelines are a supplement to the 2006 FHWA Seismic Retrofitting Manual for Highway Structures for unusual or long span steel trusses.
- Keywords
- ; Seismic design; Steel structures; Retrofitting; Earthquake engineering; Superstructure; US FHWA; Highway bridges; Manuals; Guidelines; Trusses