Database for pipeline bridges in North America

Ralph Alan Dusseau

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Abstract

Work began in 1985 at Wayne State University on a research study of pipeline suspension bridges. This effort, which was funded by ANR Pipeline Company of Detroit, Michigan, investigated four existing bridges under dynamic wind and seismic loading. As an extension of this research, a database for pipeline suspension bridges in North America is being developed. This general-purpose database, which presently includes 52 fields of design information per bridge, currently contains data on 14 of the longest pipeline suspension bridges in the United States and Canada. The potential applications for the information in the database include: replacement cost estimating for existing pipeline suspension bridges, finite-element modeling and dynamic analysis of existing bridges, evaluation of existing bridges in the design of new pipeline bridges, extrapolation of previous wind and earthquake analysis results to other bridges, and evaluation of existing bridges for possible wind or seismic retrofitting.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure II
PublisherPubl by ASCE
Pages530-548
Number of pages19
ISBN (Print)0872629236
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the International Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure II - San Antonio, TX, USA
Duration: Aug 16 1993Aug 17 1993

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure II

Other

OtherProceedings of the International Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure II
CitySan Antonio, TX, USA
Period8/16/938/17/93

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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