Controlled rocking of steel braced frames has been proposed for the seismic retrofit of structures. The controlled rocking approach allows a frame to uplift from its support at the base-of-column to foundation interface while displacement-based steel yielding devices are implemented at the base location to control the response. Past studies have focused on analytical investigations of the respo...

Original scientific paper The objectives of this paper are to perform a comparative analysis of the large-scale system of a high-pier railway bridge subjected to stationary and nonstationary spatially varying earthquake excitations using the pseudo-excitation method (PEM), and to estimate whether or not the non-stationary stochastic analysis of the high-pier railway bridges under tri-directiona...

many experimental studies have been conducted on development of the scour hole as a result of vertical jet impaction. research has shown that aeration of the nappe flow in the model is much weaker than that in the prototype. therefore, the influence of aeration on scour holes needs further study. experimental investigation of the effects of air entrainment and tail water depth on the scour hole...

In many cases, a set of obstacles, such as bridge piers and abutments, are located in the river waterway. Bridge piers disrupt river’s normal flow, and the created turbulence and disturbance causes diversion of flow lines and creates rotational flow. Geometric shape and position of the piers with respect to flow direction and also number of piers and their spacing are effective on changing the ...

Abstract Riverbed deformation caused by river-crossing bridge construction can be divided into compression scour and local scour. Compared with scour, fewer studies have been made on the piers. It is noteworthy that, lead to riverbed of whole cross section along a site, which obviously detrimental foundation safety. Based summary existing research findings, prediction model for piers constructe...

Current research investigating ice-covered bridge pier scour has focused on the effects of fully developed ice jams. However, based observations at various stages development, covers are not always developed. This experiment investigated a simulated floating jam’s with constant flow rate. Various channel-spanning cover lengths were tested, along one circular localized cover, and resulting was c...