Analytical and experimental assessment of steel truss bridge gusset plate connections

The I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, MN had a catastrophic failure in the main span of the deck truss in 2007. This collapse has brought significant attention on the gusset plate connections in steel truss bridges throughout the U.S. Steel truss bridge gusset plate design has...

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Main Author: Mentes, Yavuz
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42767