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Fracture Critical Analysis Procedure for Pony Truss Bridges

Butler, Martin A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin155351691314481

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2018, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Civil Engineering.
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Silver Bridge, federal legislation was produced requiring biennial inspection of all bridges 20’ or longer. In Ohio, the Ohio Revised Code calls for an annual Inspection of bridges 10’ or longer (ORC 5501.47, 2010). This requirement is more stringent than the federal requirement, the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) (NBIS, 2004), or the Bridge Inspection Reference Manual (BIRM) (FHWA-NHI 12-049, 2012). Further, bridges classified as fracture critical, those with fracture critical members (FCM), require greater scrutiny in the form of special fracture critical inspections as well as more scrutiny in production. These inspections require an inspector to get within arms-reach of the members designated fracture critical. A result of this requirement is that re-designating members from fracture critical to non-fracture critical, even if some fracture critical members remain part of the bridge, can reduce inspection cost.
James Swanson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Eric Dues (Committee Member)
Gian Andrea Rassati, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
53 p.
Civil Engineering
Reliability; Pony Truss Bridge; Fracture Critical Members; Redundancy; Finite Element Modeling; Bridge Inspection

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  • Butler, M. A. (2018). Fracture Critical Analysis Procedure for Pony Truss Bridges [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin155351691314481

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Butler, Martin. Fracture Critical Analysis Procedure for Pony Truss Bridges. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin155351691314481.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Butler, Martin. "Fracture Critical Analysis Procedure for Pony Truss Bridges." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin155351691314481

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