Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Location: Radisson Valley Forge Hotel and Conference Center
1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Cost: members $45; non-members $50; students $15
Description:
As the much of our nation’s infrastructure approaches the end
of its design life, designers and researchers are looking for new, innovative,
and economical ways to approach bridge design. Due to the corrosive nature of
steel contained in reinforced concrete structures such as bridge deck slabs,
new methods of design are currently being researched as potential alternatives.
Over the last several decades, experiments have been conducted on concrete deck
slabs that suggest that flexure is not the primary behavior that bridge deck
slabs use to resist load as commonly thought. Rather, studies have shown that
an internal phenomenon referred to as arching action is actually how these
slabs resist load. As a result, an empirical design method exists that only
requires approximately half the amount of steel reinforcement traditionally
used. Additionally, both traditional strength and empirical designs exist that
utilize Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) reinforcement that is corrosion
resistant. Furthermore, ample Canadian research exists that suggests that
through the use of the arching action technology, all internal reinforcement
can be removed from the deck. This methodology is referred to as steel-free
deck design. This laboratory experimental program consisted of testing
specimens designed by the various methodologies to observe their behavior at a
Service Level.
Presenter: Joseph Yost, Ph.D., P.E.: Joseph Yost is an Associate Professor in the Villanova University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. A professor at Villanova since 1998, Dr. Yost possesses years of structural engineering design experience prior to his academic experience. Joseph currently teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in structural analysis and design. As an author of numerous conference and journal publications, Dr. Yost is a leader of the graduate research programs in the Villanova University Civil Engineering Department.
Presenter: Joseph Yost, Ph.D., P.E.: Joseph Yost is an Associate Professor in the Villanova University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. A professor at Villanova since 1998, Dr. Yost possesses years of structural engineering design experience prior to his academic experience. Joseph currently teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in structural analysis and design. As an author of numerous conference and journal publications, Dr. Yost is a leader of the graduate research programs in the Villanova University Civil Engineering Department.
Meeting schedule:
5:30 - 6:15 Social and Registration
6:15 - 7:00 Dinner (chicken/fish/vegetarian - please note preference in your response)
7:00 - 8:30 Program
To register:
Please email Dr. Nazhat Aboobaker at chairman@seidv.org by 9/25/12.
Cash or check at the door, or mail to SEI Treasurer Khalid Shaikh, c/o Invision Engineers, 16 Manley Road, Pennington, NJ 08534.
Make checks payable to SEI-Phila Chapter.
Other News:
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