30th US - Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop

30th BWS Agenda UP

AGENDA

October 21-23, 2014

October 21, Tuesday - Day 1 Workshop

8:30 Session 1: Opening Session
Moderators: David Sanders and Takao Okada

US Side Welcome
Japanese Side Welcome

9:10 Session 2: 30th Anniversary Session
Moderators: David Sanders and Takao Okada

  1. Summary of the Synthesis Report
    W. Phillip Yen
  2. Japan Side
    Hiroshi Sato
  3. Thoughts on US-Japan Bridge Workshop
    Ian Friedland
  4. Japan Side
    Hiroshi Matsuura

10:20 Session 3: New Materials
Moderators: Ian Buckle and Masahiro Ishida

  1. Bridge Safety: The Focus of FHWA’s Bridge and Structures Research and Development Program
    Ian Friedland and Joey Hartmann
  2. Experimental Investigation of Innovative Bridge Columns for a Resilient Bridge Infrastructure
    Bora Gencturk, Farshid Hosseini
  3. Recent Researches on Properties of Laminated Elastomeric Rubber Bearings under Cyclic Loading
    Jun-ichi Hoshikuma, Masatsugu Shinohara and Takao Okada
  4. New SMA Confinement Technology for RC Bridge Columns
    Bassem Andrawes, Qiwen Chen and Moochul Shin

13:15 Session 4: Inspection
Moderators: Hamid Ghasemi and Takashi Tamakoshi

  1. Federal Highway Administration’s Role in Bridge Preservation
    Anwar Ahmad
  2. Non-Destructive Bridge Assessment Technology by Infrared Thermography
    Masato Matsumoto, Koji Mitani and Necati F. Catbas
  3. Summary of NCHRP Research on Development of Risk-Based Bridge Inspection Practices
    Waseem Dekelbab
  4. Application of NDT Method for the Concrete Girder Damaged by Chloride
    Masahiro Ishida, Osamu Usam and Akiko Hiroe
  5. Defect Detection for RC Slab Based on Hammering Echo Acoustic Analysis
    Yuichi Kubota, Jiaxing Ye, Masaya Iwata, Masahiro Murakawa and Tetsuya Higuchi

15:20 Session 5: Seismic I
Moderators: Wassem Dekelbab and Jun-ichi Hoshikuma

  1. Caltrans Bridge Seismic Screening Program
    Tom Ostrom, Mark Yashinsky, Fadel Alameddine and Tom Shantz
  2. Effects of Long-Duration Strong Motions on Earthquake Response of Highway Bridges
    Shojiro Kataoka, Masahiro Kaneko and Koji Matsumoto
  3. Seismic Performance Design Criteria for Oregon DOT
    Bruce Johnson
  4. Development of Multihazard Bridge Design Framework
    W. Phillip Yen, George C. Lee and Chao Huang

October 22, Wednesday - Day 2 Workshop

8:30 Session 6: Open Session
Moderators: Tom Ostrom and Kiyoshi Ono

  1. Challenges of Design and Construction of Steel Highway Bridges in New Jersey
    Hannah Cheng
  2. Investigation of Tunnel Ceiling Collapse Accident
    Masahiro Shirato
  3. Influence of Joints between Steel Plates on Load-Carrying Capacity of Reinforced Concrete
    Girders Strengthened with Externally Bonded Steel Plates
    Eiji Yoshida, Jun Murakoshi, Yoshitomi Kimura and Yoshiki Tanaka
  4. FHWA Foundation Characterization Program (FCP)
    Frank Jalinoos
  5. Orthotropic Steel Deck Bridges in the U.S
    Brian Kozy, Justin Ocel

10:35 Session 7: Seismic Ⅱ
Moderators: Bijan Khaleghi and Kenji Kosa

  1. Cyclic Loading Test for Existing Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Column
    Takao Okada, Junichi Sakai, Jun-ichi Hoshikuma
  2. Precast Columns with Mechanically Spliced Connections for Accelerated Bridge Construction in Seismic Zones
    Zack Haber
  3. Elasto-plastic Behavior and Seismic Evaluation Method of Concrete-Filled Spiral Steel Pipe Piers
    Kiyoshi Ono, Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Masahiro Shirato and Seiji Okada
  4. Shake Table Experiments of Precast, Pretensioned Bridge
    David Sanders, Islam Mantawy, Travis Thonstad, John Stanton and Marc Eberhard

13:05 Session 8: Management
Moderators: Bojidar Yanev and Masahiro Shirato

  1. Performance-Based Management of the U.S. Highway Infrastructure
    Hamid Ghasemi, Robert Zobel, Susan Lane and Ehsan Minaie
  2. Maintaining Bridge Safety and Serviceability under Increasing Truck Loads
    Bala Sivakumar
  3. Preventive Maintenance of Long-Span Bridges of Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway
    Taku Hanai, Tetsuro Kuwabara, Minoru Shimomura, Shinichiro Ito
  4. Virginia's Preventive Maintenance Challenges and Innovation
    Maruri Rodolfo
  5. Washington State Bridge Preservation and Asset Management
    Bijan Khaleghi

15:10 Session 9: Long-Term Performance
Moderators: Hannah Cheng and Taku Hanai

  1. Finite Element-Level Bridge Inspection Data Analysis and Experiments on the Durability of RC Decks
    Takashi Tamakoshi, Mari Ishio, Fumi Miyahara, Yoshiteru Yokoi and Masahiro Shirato
  2. An Investigation of 46-year-old Bridge Deck Slabs in Snowy Cold Region
    Ko Kakuma, Shinya Okada and Hiroaki Nishi
  3. Joints: The Weak Link in Bridge Design and Management
    Bojidar Yanev
  4. Development of Exchange Technology of Deteriorated Reinforced Concrete Slabs
    Yoshinori Wada
  5. A Study on the Long-term Creep Deformation of PC Rigid Frame Bridge with Central Hinge
    Takahisa Fukushima

October 23, Thursday - Day 3 Workshop

8:30 Session 10: Tsunami
Moderators: Bruce Johnson and Shojiro Kataoka

  1. Study on Tsunami force for PC box girder
    Yasuyuki Hirose
  2. Effect of Fluid-Structure Interaction on Connection Forces in Bridges due to Tsunami Loads
    Ian Buckle    , Denis Istratii
  3. Evaluation of Tsunami Force on Girder by Steady Flow
    Kenji Kosa

9:45 Session 11: Breakout Sessions

TopicA: Seismic

TopicB: Maintenance

11:25 Session 12: Closing Session
Moderators: David Sanders and Takao Okada

Summary from Breakout Groups

Final Comments

Hiroshi Matsuura (Japanese Side)
W. Phillip Yen (US Side)