22th US - Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop
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
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Priority Research Projects of the Public Works Research Institute
Jiro Fukui (PWRI)
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Advances in Highway Bridge Technologies for Design, Inspection, and Management:
FHWA's Research and Development Program - 2006 Through 2009
Ian Friedland (Federal Highway Administration)
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Scenarios of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Including Damage to Road Bridges
Shojiro Kataoka (NILIM)
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Revised New Recommended Seismic Design Guide Specifications of the US Highway Bridges
W. Phillip Yen (Federal Highway Administration), Richard Pratt
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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
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Shear Resisting Mechanism in RC Beams with Fractured Stirrups
Eisuke Nakamura (PWRI), Hiroshi Watanabe
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Retrofitting Lifeline Corridor Bridges in Rural Montana :
Combining Engineering, Economics and Emergency Response
Stephanie Brandenberger (Montana Department of Transportation)
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Size Effect on the Shear Strengh of RC Deep Beams
Kenji Kosa (Kyushu Institute of Technology),
Satoshi Uchida, Tsutomu Nishioka, and Horoshi Kobayashi
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Numerical and Experimental Study on Shear Behavior of RC Deep Beams and Wall-Type Piers
Mohammad Reza Salamy (PWRI), Hiroshi Kobayashi, and Shigeki Unjoh
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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
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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
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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
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Performance-Based Liquefaction Potential: A Step Toward More Uniform Design Requirements
Steven Kramer (Univ. of Washington), Roy Mayfield and Yi-Min Huang
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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
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Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
Hamid Ghasemi
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City of Seattle's Approach to Bridge Long-Term Monitoring
Richard Miller (Seattle Department of Transportation), Dave Anderson
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Sensors and Bridge Monitoring System
Zhishen Wu, Koichi Yokoyama (Ibaraki University)
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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
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Nonlinear Seismic Soil-Abutment-Structure Interaction Analysis of Skewed Bridges
Anoosh Shamsabadi (Office of Earthquake Engineering), Mike Kapuskar
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Seismic Performance of Bridge Foundation with Hinge at Pile Head
Hideki Sugita (PWRI), Shunsuke Tanimoto
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Seismic Performance and Retrofit of Bridge Footings
David McLean (Washington State University)
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Skirt Suction Foundation - Application to Strait Crossings -
Takashi Saito (PWRI), Yoichi Yoshida, Masato Itoh, Naoki Masui
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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
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Design and Analysis of Precast Concrete Bridges in Areas of High or Moderate Seismicity
Jugesh Kapur (Washington State Bridge & Structures Engineer)
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Development of Design Manual for Sliding Seismic Isolation Systems for Bridges
Shigeki Unjoh (PWRI), Takao Okada and Kazuo Endo
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Precast Beams with Cast-in-Place Connections
Kevin Almer, David Sanders (University of Nevada)
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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
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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
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Implementation of Micropiles by the Federal Highway Administration
Barry Siel (Federal Highway Administration), Scott Anderson
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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
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Evaluating Radiation Damping of Shallow Foundations on
Nonlinear Soil Medium for Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Bridges
Jian Zhang (Univ. of California), Yuchuan Tang
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Geotechnical Criterion for Serviceability Limit State of Horizontally-Loaded Deep Foundations
Masahiro Shirato (PWRI), Shoichi Nakatani, Kenji Matsui, and Takashi Nakaura
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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
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Seismic Retrofit of Unreinforced Stone Masonry Bridge Piers and Discrete Element Analysis
Jaw-Nan (Joe) Wang (Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.), Michael Abrahams
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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
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Rapid Construction Details for Bridges in Seismic Zones
John Stanton (Univ. of Washington, Seattle), Marc Eberhard and Kyle Steuck
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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
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Challenges in Structural Health Monitoring 22nd US-JAPAN Bridge Engineering Workshop Seattle, Wahington
M. Myint Lwin (FHWA Office of Bridge Technology)
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Experimental Study on Application of Damage Detection and Measurement Technology of Steel Bridge
Jun Murakoshi, Koichiro Fumoto (PWRI), Kazuhiko Nose
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Identification of Gaps in Structural Health Monitoring Technologies for Bridges
Charles Sikorsky (California Department of Transportation)
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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