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Seminar Overview: This lecture will present a historical background on the evolution of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (BDS) from earlier Allowable Stress Design (ASD) and Load Factor ...

As of January 1, 2020, all new and replacement bridge rails installed on the National Highway System are required to conform to the requirements stipulated in the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, ...

Keywords: Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) framework. Seismic designs. Bridges. Seismic isolation systems. Polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE) spherical bearings. Elastomeric bearings. California.

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Use modern and advanced structural analysis tools and techniques to analyze bridge structures for static and dynamic loading ...

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is one of the largest state departments of transportation in the nation, managing more than 50,000 miles of California’s highways, or about ...

Use modern methods to analyze and design bridges. Upgrade your technical skills to meet the specialized needs of the structural bridge design industry. Apply advanced techniques to evaluate the design ...