First-Time Application of Underwater Live Concrete for Economic Retrofitting of Damaged Bridge Piers in Bangladesh by S. Sowmik Islam, Quazi Umme Rukiya, Mirza Md Tasnim Mukarram

“…This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the use of underwater concrete (UWC) in the retrofitting restoration of bridge piers in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, UWC is a comparatively new technology, and this investigation represents the first instance of its application in practice. …”
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Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Materials from Piers: Evaluating Durability Through a Case Study by Abraham Lopez-Miguel, Jose A. Cabello-Mendez, Alejandro Moreno-Valdes, Jose T. Perez-Quiroz, Jose M. Machorro-Lopez

“…The results obtained reveal important information about the current state of the piers and the damage caused by the environment over time. …”
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A Full-Scale Experimental Study of the Vertical Dynamic and Static Behavior of the Pier-Cap-Pile System by Jianlei Liu, Meng Ma

“…In the present study, a novel full-scale experimental study, including both TRM test and SLT, was performed on an abandoned bridge pier with grouped pile foundation. The test included three steps: firstly, testing the intact pier-cap-pile system; then, cutting off the pier and testing the cap-pile system; finally, cutting off the cap and testing the single pile. …”
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Pasolini tal friúl. Un’indagine variantistica sulle poesie in friulano di Pier Paolo Pasolini by Paolo Tabacchini

“… Nel 1942, un giovanissimo Pier Paolo Pasolini dà alle stampe a sue spese la sua prima silloge poetica: Poesie a Casarsa. …”
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Non-linear analysis of masonry infilled steel frame under in-plane loading using Multi Pier method by Mohammad Mosa Ahmadvand, Ahmad Maleki, Masoud Pourbaba

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Evaluate the Depth of Scouring of the Bridge Base Using Soft Calculation Techniques by Zhangabay Nurlan

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Seismic Performance Evaluation of Footing-to-Circular RC Pier Connection Reinforced by High-Manganese Steel Bars (HMSBs) by Jung-Kyun Kim, Hak-Eun Lee, Jongmin Kim, Jiho Moon

“…A footing-to-reinforced concrete (RC) pier connection resists the lateral load induced by earthquakes as well as the gravity load. …”
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Estimating the Uplift Bearing Capacity of Belled Piers Adjacent to Sloping Ground by Numerical Modeling Based on Field Tests by Yangchun Han, Jiulong Cheng, Weifeng Zheng, Shijun Ding

“…In order to evaluate the uplift bearing capacity of belled piers beside slopes, a series of numerical simulations are carried out based on field tests data. …”
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Safety Assessment of Ship Collision with Piers under the Protection of Anti-Collision Floating Box Based on BIM Technology by Ying-hao Chen, Cheng Liu, Xue-feng Zhao, Fa-xiong Li

“…BIM technology is used to realize a safety evaluation method for the anti-collision floating box protection when the ship is colliding with piers. Established a BIM-based parametric preprocessing model for ships, piers, and anti-collision facilities, and opened the interface with ABAQUS longitudinally. …”
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Method for Determining Longitudinal Stiffness of Combined Double Thin-Walled Pier Based on Train-Track-Bridge Interaction by Hui Fang, Zhaowei Chen

“…Combined double thin-walled pier is a new kind of pier adopted in the urban transit system in China, whose longitudinal stiffness cannot be determined by adopting traditional methods. …”
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Risk-Based Multiobjective Optimal Seismic Design for RC Piers Using the Response Surface Method and NSGA-II by Sicong Hu, Yixuan Zou, Yufeng Gai, Zheng Huang, Guquan Song

“…In this paper, a risk-based multiobjective optimal seismic design method for reinforced concrete (RC) piers is proposed. This method is used to determine the size and reinforcement ratios of piers to minimize the seismic risk of bridge systems and the construction cost of piers. …”
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Shaking Table Test Study on the Earthquake Behavior of High-Speed Railway Bridge Pier with Rounded Rectangular Cross Section by Xin Kang, Yongjian Zuo, Leqiao Zeng, Linna Peng, Qiliang Wang, Xiaoxiang Wang, Libin Deng, Jia Hu, Zhuo Li, Likun Li

“…Rounded rectangular cross section piers were widely used for high-speed railway (HSR) bridges in China. …”
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Experimental Study on the Impact Resistance of Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam Protective Materials to RC Piers under Lateral Impact by Xiwu Zhou, Wen Zhang, Xiangyu Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Meng Zhan

“…In this study, the lateral impact tests of six RC piers which were protected by closed-cell aluminum foam (CCAF) were carried out by making use of an ultrahigh drop hammer horizontal impact test system. …”
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Seismic Fragility Analysis of the Reinforced Concrete Continuous Bridge Piers Based on Machine Learning and Symbolic Regression Fusion Algorithms by Hanbo Zhu, Changqing Miao

“…Finally, the probabilistic seismic demand analysis (PSDA) and seismic fragility analysis were performed by the cloud-stripe method. Taking the pier of a three-span continuous reinforced concrete hollow slab bridge as an example, a nonlinear finite element model was established for vulnerability analysis. …”
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Analytical Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Pier and Cast-in-Steel-Shell Pile Connection Behavior considering Steel-Concrete Interface by Jiho Moon, Dawn E. Lehman, Charles W. Roeder, Hak-Eun Lee, Tae-Hyung Lee

“…In this study, the structural behavior of the RC pier and the CISS pile connection is simulated by using an advanced 3D finite element (FE) method, where the interface between the steel and concrete is also modeled. …”
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Study on the Influence of Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam on the Impact Performance of Concrete Pier after Equal Replacement with Stainless Steel Reinforcement by Xiwu Zhou, Honglong Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Guoxue Zhang

“…In this study, the impact test of two groups of reinforced concrete piers protected by closed-cell aluminum foam is carried out by using the ultrahigh drop hammer impact test system. …”
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Seismic performance of bridge pier integrated by multiple steel pipes with directly-connected piles using soil-water coupled three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element analysis by Muhammad Mahmood Ul Hassan, Koichi Isobe, Yasumasa Soga, Yasuo Sawamura, Hiroki Sugiyama, Masatsugu Shinohara

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Study on Concrete Pier Impact Performance after Implementing Equal Cross-Section Stainless Steel with Protection from Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam by Xiwu Zhou, Honglong Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Guoxue Zhang

“…In the present study, in order to examine the impact performances of ordinary reinforced concrete bridge piers which have been replaced by stainless-steel bars of equal cross-sections under the protective condition of anticollision material, the impact dynamic responses of the ordinary reinforced concrete bridge piers, with replacements under the protection of closed-cell aluminum foam, were compared and analyzed using an ultrahigh drop hammer impact test system. …”
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Auxiliary Piers on Long-Span Specially Shaped Mixed Steel Structure Main Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge: Research on the Impact on the Dynamic Performance by Shanshan Guo, Deyong Cui, Shaokun Ma

“…Auxiliary piers induce relatively large changes; the changes with 3 pairs of auxiliary piers for a single span is compared with those with 1 pair for a single span, and 3 pairs and 1 pair of auxiliary piers are added to both spans for comparison. …”
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Shape Optimization and Hydraulic Characteristics Analysis of Unilateral Divergent Stilling Basin by SHI Linping, LIAO Zhiying, XIE Zhigao, ZHOU Xuncheng, TU Xiangyang

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