Seismic study of an historic covered bridge

Spyrakos, CC; Kemp, EL; Venkatareddy, R

dc.contributor.author	Spyrakos, CC	en
dc.contributor.author	Kemp, EL	en
dc.contributor.author	Venkatareddy, R	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:11Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:11Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	0141-0296	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13370
dc.subject	Analytical/experimental studies	en
dc.subject	Historic bridges	en
dc.subject	Seismic analysis	en
dc.subject	Timber bridges	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.other	Earthquake resistance	en
dc.subject.other	Reconstruction (structural)	en
dc.subject.other	Structural analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Trusses	en
dc.subject.other	Historic bridges	en
dc.subject.other	Wooden bridges	en
dc.title	Seismic study of an historic covered bridge	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0141-0296(98)00041-8	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-0296(98)00041-8	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	The covered timber bridge has become an icon of the nation's bucolic nineteenth-century past. The public reveres these quaint structures without really understanding their historic significance, either as a visible sign of the internal improvements movement (a dominant theme in the early years of the Republic) nor of their pioneering role in the development of American truss bridges. One of these survivors is the (West Virginia) Barrackville Bridge, completed to the patented Bun arch-truss design in 1853 by West Virginia's pioneering covered bridge builder, Lemuel Chenoweth. As part of a comprehensive restoration program expected to be completed in 1998, this paper describes the expected static and seismic behavior of the restored bridge. These analyses were performed using current AASHTO, nineteenth-century loading conditions, for code specific and historic earthquakes. The results serve as a basis of the restoration design. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	Engineering Structures	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0141-0296(98)00041-8	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000080023200008	en
dc.identifier.volume	21	en
dc.identifier.issue	9	en
dc.identifier.spage	877	en
dc.identifier.epage	882	en