There is an urgent need for maintenance-free transportation infrastructures worldwide. Integral Abutment Bridges (IABs) are robust structures, without bearings or expansi [...]

Multi-layer elastomeric bearings are used as common means of isolation with a large number of applications over the last 20 years in infrastructure assets. In this regard [...]

Bridge rocking isolation has attracted the interest of the bridge engineering community, as it minimises damage in the structural system, which conforms to the objectives [...]

Steel-laminated elastomeric bearings are common structural components used in isolated ed stru structures. Elastomeric bearings are proven to be excellent isolators rs of [...]

Bridges are important components of the roadway and railway networks, as they must remain operational in the aftermath of the seismic event. Permanent movements of the ba [...]

It has been recognized that an isolated deck develops horizontal displacements of considerable amplitude during a strong earthquake. In this case the possibility of mobil [...]

Conceptual design of bridges has evolved rapidly during the last ten years and new, efficient and cost effective design schemes have been introduced in practice. Use of s [...]

The preliminary design of seismically isolated R/C highway overpasses is the target of a software based on the current design provisions of Eurocode 8 (Part 2) as well as [...]

The present paper focuses on both existing and new R/C bridge overpasses and aims at a) the design and pilot production of elastomeric (steel-laminated) bearings, specifi [...]