After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model withstood a powerful jolting, three times the acceleration of the disastrous 1994 ...

The segmental bridge model is then scaled down to a 1/2/30-scale experimental model. In order to verify the behavior of the designed superstructure model under vertical seismic loads, a ...

After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model at the University of Nevada, Reno, withstood a powerful jolting, three times the ...

According to the ticket, the 62,800-pound Phoenix model cement mixer truck was 56,800 pounds over the historic bridge’s 6,000-pound posted weight limit.

WASHINGTON _ Cement and steel companies, hard-hit by the housing downturn, could see demand improve the next couple of years in the wake of the deadly collapse of Minnesota's Interstate 35W bridge.

After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model at the University of Nevada, Reno withstood a powerful jolting, three times the acceleration ...