Seismic Performance of an I-Girder to Inverted-T Bent Cap Connection

Project Details
STATUS

Completed

START DATE

02/15/08

END DATE

09/30/11

FOCUS AREAS

Infrastructure

RESEARCH CENTERS InTrans, BEC, CTRE
SPONSORS

California Department of Transportation

Researchers
Principal Investigator
Sri Sritharan

Faculty Affiliate, BEC

Co-Principal Investigator
Shashi Nambisan

About the research

The goal of this project was to understand the true seismic behavior of the cap-to-girder connection as currently used and to mitigate the potential seismic hazard associated with these bridges.

 

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