Research Project

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

Researcher(s)

Principal investigator: Sivalingam Sritharan, 515-294-5238, sri@iastate.edu (project list)

Project status

In progress

Start date: 02/29/08
End date: 02/14/10

Sponsor(s)/partner(s)

Sponsor(s):California Department of Transportation

About the research

Research objective: The goal of this project is 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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