Dec 8: Our last Civil Engineering Seminar of this semester will be presented by
Bill Kallman, P.E.. He is a retied bridge engineer from the NYDOT and he
maintains a local consulting office in Hancock.
Title: The I 35W Bridge Collapse: A Design Error or a Lesson?
December 8, 2011 4:00 p.m. #642 Dow.
Public welcome.
Presentation outline:
1. Pictures of Bridge Pre & Post-Collapse
2. History of Preliminary Decisions, Materials and Design Specifications
3. Film of Collapse From Security Camera
4. FHWA Finite Element Analysis of Truss and Gussets, one of three
5. Gusset U10 Analysis by Wiss Janey Elsner
6. Order of Collapse
7. Construction on Bridge
8. MnDOT Inspections
9. Pavement Pressure, See TRR 1627
10. Call for M.T.U. Research on Pavement Push Research
Public welcome.
Our seminar is archived: http://www.cee.mtu.edu/grad/CE_seminar/index.html
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