Seismic Retrofit of Steel Truss Highway Bridges:
A Pilot Training Course / Workshop

December 12-14, 2005 | St. Louis, Missouri

Tim Ingham presents course material during the
Pilot Workshop on Truss Bridges

Please note: the presentations below are available in Adobe PDF format.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Introductory Remarks (64 kb)

Seismic Design and Retrofit: References and Support (221 kb)

Glenn Smith, FHWA

Day 1: Monday, December 12, 2005

Introduction (1.5 mb)

Tom Ho

Seismic Retrofit Philosophy and Process for Steel Truss Highway Bridges (1.2 mb)

Roupen Donikian

Screening and Prioritization (982 kb)

Roupen Donikian

Analysis (3.3 mb)

Roupen Donikian

Design Parameters (974 kb)

Tim Ingham

Evaluation of Members, Connections and Subsystems (2.9 mb)

Tim Ingham

Day 2: Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Retrofit Measures, Approach and Strategy (5.8 mb)

Tom Ho and Chuck Seim

Foundation and Substructure Retrofit (5.4 mb)

Ignatius Po Lam

Case History: Aurora Bridge (5.1 mb)

Tim Ingham

Case History: Million Dollar Bridge (5 mb)

Tim Ingham

Day 3: Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Case History: Richmond San Rafael Bridge 1 (4 mb)

Roupen Donikian

Case History: Richmond San Rafael Bridge 2 (3.8 mb)

Roupen Donikian

Biographies of Instructors and Key Personnel

Sponsored by:

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)
• T.Y. Lin International