Steel Bridge
Design using AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications
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This course will be taught by Dr.
Atorod Azizinamini(Azizi), P.E., Ph.D., an associate
professor of Civil
Engineering at UNL.
Dr. Azizi has taught courses on design of steel bridges
using AASHTO LRFD and bridge substructure design to
practitioners and is chairman of the ASCE Steel Bridge
Committee. He is also a member of AISI Steel Bridge
Task Force. Dr. Azizi is active in steel bridge research
and currently is director of NaBRO at UNL.
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As a result of major interest on the part of the design community
in Nebraska, a course devoted to designing steel bridges using AASHTO
LRFD Bridge Design Specifications will be offered by National Bridge
Research Organization (NaBRO), during fall of 1998.
Dates:
November 10, 17 & 24, 1998
December 1, 8, 15 & 22, 1998
Time:
Each class will be held between 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Registration Fee:
$950.00 per participant.
Who to Contact:
If you are interested in registering for this course please contact
Ms. Barbara Gnirk at:
Telephone: (402) 472-4595, or
Fax: (402) 472-0859.
Materials Needed:
Participants will need to purchase latest AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design
Specifications with 1997 interims.
Course Review:
This course will review all the provisions and changes that have
been incorporated in the new LRFD specifications. These provisions
will be thoroughly discussed by reviewing the background of stated
design provisions and example problems. Time permitted, topics will
include:
- Why LRFD? load models for strength and fatigue limit states;
- distribution factors for various load conditions and limit states;
- different analysis types permitted;
- an efficient approach for organizing analysis results, suited
for LRFD design;
- use of available free software for conducting bridge analysis
for AASHTO LRFD;
- fatigue and fracture design and analysis considerations;
- design of positive and negative sections for both compact and
non-compact sections;
- various flexural design requirements such as ductility provisions
for positive sections;
- hybrid sections;
- constructability design provisions;
- alternate design equations for calculating negative section
capacity;
- shear design provisions for stiffened and unstiffened panels
and cross frames and their rule in load carrying capacity.
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