22th US - Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop

22th BWS Agenda UP

AGENDA

October 23-25, 2006

First day, October 23 (Monday)

08:30 Session 1: Opening Session
Moderators: David Sanders and Masahiro Shirato

    US Side Welcome

    Japanese Side Welcome

08:45 Session 2: General Topics
Moderators: Jugesh Kapur and Takashi Tamakoshi

  1. Priority Research Projects of the Public Works Research Institute
    Jiro Fukui (PWRI)
  2. Advances in Highway Bridge Technologies for Design, Inspection, and Management: FHWA's Research and Development Program - 2006 Through 2009
    Ian Friedland (Federal Highway Administration)
  3. Scenarios of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Including Damage to Road Bridges
    Shojiro Kataoka (NILIM)
  4. Revised New Recommended Seismic Design Guide Specifications of the US Highway Bridges
    W. Phillip Yen (Federal Highway Administration), Richard Pratt
  5. Composite Truss Bridges Using Suspension Structure
    Akio Kasuga (Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co.)

10:15 Morning Break

10:35 Session 3: General Structural
Moderators: John Stanton and Akio Kasuga

  1. Shear Resisting Mechanism in RC Beams with Fractured Stirrups
    Eisuke Nakamura (PWRI), Hiroshi Watanabe
  2. Retrofitting Lifeline Corridor Bridges in Rural Montana : Combining Engineering, Economics and Emergency Response
    Stephanie Brandenberger (Montana Department of Transportation)
  3. Size Effect on the Shear Strengh of RC Deep Beams
    Kenji Kosa (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Satoshi Uchida, Tsutomu Nishioka, and Horoshi Kobayashi
  4. Numerical and Experimental Study on Shear Behavior of RC Deep Beams and Wall-Type Piers
    Mohammad Reza Salamy (PWRI), Hiroshi Kobayashi, and Shigeki Unjoh
  5. Analysis of Damage Occuring in Steel Plate Girder Bridges on National Road in Japan
    Takashi Tamakoshi, Yoshitaka Yoshida (Japan Bridge Engineering Center), Yoshinaga Sakai, Susumu Fukunaga

12:05 Lunch and Group Picture

13:15 Session 4: Geotechnical I
Moderators: Barry Siel and Hideki Sugita

  1. Experimental Studies on Seismic Behavior of Bridge Pier and Precast Pile Foundation
    Yan Xiao (University of Southern California), P.S. Zhu, G. Martin, and Y.R. Guo
  2. Improvement of Horizontal Bearing Capacity by Composite Ground Foundation Method in Soft Ground
    Yoshito Maeda (Kyushu Kyoritsu University), Kiyoshi Omine, Hidetoshi Ochiai, Hideaki Furuki, Shozo Naemura, Yasuhiko Okochi and Akio Ichikawa
  3. Performance-Based Liquefaction Potential: A Step Toward More Uniform Design Requirements
    Steven Kramer (Univ. of Washington), Roy Mayfield and Yi-Min Huang
  4. Study on Seismic Lateral Strength of Coupled Battered Steel Pipe Pile
    Shoichi Nakatani, Masahiro Takeguchi (PWRI), Hisataka Iochi, Norihiko Suzuki

14:30 Afternoon Break

14:55 Session 5: Health Monitoring I
Moderators: Myint Lwin and Koichiro Fumoto

  1. Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
    Hamid Ghasemi
  2. City of Seattle's Approach to Bridge Long-Term Monitoring
    Richard Miller (Seattle Department of Transportation), Dave Anderson
  3. Sensors and Bridge Monitoring System
    Zhishen Wu, Koichi Yokoyama (Ibaraki University)
  4. Long-Term Health Monitoring of Post-Tensioning Box Girder Bridges
    Ming Wang (University of Illinois-Chicago)

Second day, October 24 (Tuesday)

08:30 Session 6: Geotechnical II
Moderators: Tony Allen and Makoto Kimura

  1. Nonlinear Seismic Soil-Abutment-Structure Interaction Analysis of Skewed Bridges
    Anoosh Shamsabadi (Office of Earthquake Engineering), Mike Kapuskar
  2. Seismic Performance of Bridge Foundation with Hinge at Pile Head
    Hideki Sugita (PWRI), Shunsuke Tanimoto
  3. Seismic Performance and Retrofit of Bridge Footings
    David McLean (Washington State University)
  4. Skirt Suction Foundation - Application to Strait Crossings -
    Takashi Saito (PWRI), Yoichi Yoshida, Masato Itoh, Naoki Masui
  5. FHWA Geotechnical Seismic Activates Past, Present, Future
    Peter Osborn (Federal Highway Administration Resource Center)

10:00 Morning Break

10:25 Session 7: Structural Seismic I
Moderators: David McLean and Kenji Kosa

  1. Design and Analysis of Precast Concrete Bridges in Areas of High or Moderate Seismicity
    Jugesh Kapur (Washington State Bridge & Structures Engineer)
  2. Development of Design Manual for Sliding Seismic Isolation Systems for Bridges
    Shigeki Unjoh (PWRI), Takao Okada and Kazuo Endo
  3. Precast Beams with Cast-in-Place Connections
    Kevin Almer, David Sanders (University of Nevada)
  4. Safety Evaluation of Asahibashi-Bridge by Using A Modified Design Method to Verify its Seismic Performance
    Shin-ya Okada (Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido), Hiroyuki Ishikawa and Takashi Satoh
  5. Post-Earthquake Evaluation of the Alaskan Way Viaduct
    Jugesh Kapur, David Goodyear (T.Y. Lin International), Tim Ingham

12:00 Lunch

13:15 Session 8: Geotechnical III
Moderators: Annoosh Shamsabadi and Masahiro Takeguchi

  1. Implementation of Micropiles by the Federal Highway Administration
    Barry Siel (Federal Highway Administration), Scott Anderson
  2. Numerical Prediction of Long-Term Displacements of Pile Foundation in Clayed Ground Considering Construction Process
    Koichiro Danno, Koichi Isobe, Makoto Kimura (Kyoto University), Feng Zhang
  3. Evaluating Radiation Damping of Shallow Foundations on Nonlinear Soil Medium for Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Bridges
    Jian Zhang (Univ. of California), Yuchuan Tang
  4. Geotechnical Criterion for Serviceability Limit State of Horizontally-Loaded Deep Foundations
    Masahiro Shirato (PWRI), Shoichi Nakatani, Kenji Matsui, and Takashi Nakaura
  5. Development and Implementation of Geotechnical Seismic Design Policy at WSDOT
    Tony Allen (WA State Dept. of Transportation)

15:15 Afternoon Break

15:40 Session 9: Breakout Sessions

    Health Monitoring and Maintenance
    Discussion Leaders: Hamid Ghasemi and Hiroshi Kobayashi

    Geotechnical
    Discussion Leaders: Peter Osborn and Masahiro Shirato

    Structures
    Discussion Leaders: Ian Friedland and Shigeki Unjoh

Third day, October 25 (Wednesday)

08:30 Session 10: Structural Seismic II
Moderators: Richard Pratt and Hiroyuki Ishikawa

  1. Seismic Retrofit of Unreinforced Stone Masonry Bridge Piers and Discrete Element Analysis
    Jaw-Nan (Joe) Wang (Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.), Michael Abrahams
  2. Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Beam-to-Column Connections with Fillets of Steel Bridge Frame Piers
    Kiyoshi Ono (Osaka University), Jun Tahara, Kotaro Tanaka and Minoru Takahashi
  3. Rapid Construction Details for Bridges in Seismic Zones
    John Stanton (Univ. of Washington, Seattle), Marc Eberhard and Kyle Steuck
  4. New Structure of Piers of Rigid Frame Bridge using Seismic Response Control Device
    Hiroaki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Nagumo, Satoshi Matsuki (Kajima Corporation)

09:45 Morning Break

10:10 Session 11: Health Monitoring II
Moderators: Stephanie Brandenberger and Koichi Yokoyama

  1. Challenges in Structural Health Monitoring 22nd US-JAPAN Bridge Engineering Workshop Seattle, Wahington
    M. Myint Lwin (FHWA Office of Bridge Technology)
  2. Experimental Study on Application of Damage Detection and Measurement Technology of Steel Bridge
    Jun Murakoshi, Koichiro Fumoto (PWRI), Kazuhiko Nose
  3. Identification of Gaps in Structural Health Monitoring Technologies for Bridges
    Charles Sikorsky (California Department of Transportation)
  4. Study of Efficiency Strategies for Road Bridge Maintenance
    Takashi Tamakoshi, Hiroshi Kobayashi (NILIM)

11:25 Session 12: Closing Session
Moderators: David Sanders and Masahiro Shirato

    Summary from Breakout Groups

    Final Comments

      Japanese Side
      US Side

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Study Tour to Light Rail Bridges and Government Meeting