Performance-based seismic bridge design
By: consultants, M. Lee Marsh and Stuart J. Stringer
Contributors: Stringer, Stuart Judson; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP synthesis -- 440; Synthesis of highway practice -- 440.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780309223805
Subjects: Bridges; Design and construction; Earthquake effects; Earthquake resistant design; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismicity
Description: "TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 440, Performance-Based Seismic Bridge Design (PBSD) summarizes the current state of knowledge and practice for PBSD. PBSD is the process that links decision making for facility design with seismic input, facility response, and potential facility damage. The goal of PBSD is to provide decision makers and stakeholders with data that will enable them to allocate resources for construction based on levels of desired seismic performance"--Publisher's description.
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

"A synthesis of highway practice."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-97).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration under Project no. 20-05 (Topic 43-07)
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Chapter one. Background, objectives, and research approach; title: Chapter two. Public and engineering expectations of seismic design and the associated regulatroy framework; title: Chapter three. Review of industry practice; title: Chapter four. Seismic hazard analysis; title: Chapter five. Structural analysis and design; title: Chapter six. Damage analysis; title: Chapter seven. Loss analysis; title: Chapter eight. Organization-specific criteria for bridges; title: Chapter  nine. Project-specific criteria; title: Chapter ten. Summary of organization and project-specific criteria; title: Chapter eleven. Summary of questionnaire results; title: Chapter twelve. Identification of knowledge gaps; title: Chapter thirteen. Identification of knowledge gaps.