Department of Civil, Construction &
Environmental Engineering



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


Principal Investigator(s): Sivalingam Sritharan
Team Member(s): Rick Snyder, Zach Thiemman,
Sponsor(s): Caltrans
Start Date: 02/29/2008
End Date: 02/14/2010
Keyword(s): Seismic Resistant Design of Structures, Precast/Prestressed Structural Systems, Large scale Testing of Structures

Project Description:

Inverted Tee

Please, click on the above title (Inverted Tee) to get a detailed description of the project. 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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