I am specifically using the AASHTO LRFD as the baseline code. The traffic study indicated that a significant portion of vehicles is expected to be on the bridge during the design earthquake. This is because the structure will be located in an urban center, specifically on one of the city's main...
I am designing a seismically isolated urban bridge, and one of my concerns is how to account for live vehicle loads during the design earthquake. The bridge spans half a kilometer and has multiple supports. If I were to model the live load as a static load, I would need to consider numerous load...
