Robert J. Connor

Fatigue Design of Modular Bridge Expansion Joints

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Fatigue Loading and Design Methodology for High-Mast Lighting Towers

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 718: Fatigue Loading and Design Methodology for High-Mast Lighting Towers provide...

Inspection and Management of Bridges with Fracture-critical Details

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 354: Inspection and Management of Bridges with Fracture-Critical Details explore...

Heat-straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridge Girders

Fatigue and Fracture Performance

TRB¿s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 604: Heat-Straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridge Girders: Fatigue and Fractu...

Field Testing and Long-term Monitoring of Selected High-mast Lighting Towers

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Acceptance Criteria of Complete Joint Penetration Steel Bridge Welds Evaluated Using Enhanced Ultrasonic Methods

Presents guidelines for evaluating complete joint penetration (CJP) welds in steel bridges and proposes modifications to the American Association of S...

Report on Field Measurements and Controlled Load Testing of the Lehigh River Bridge (SR-33)

Final Report

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Proposed Guideline for Reliability-based Bridge Inspection Practices

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 782: Proposed Guideline for Reliability-Based Bridge Inspection Practices presents...

Fracture-critical System Analysis for Steel Bridges

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Failure Investigation of Two Cantilevered Sign Structures in the City of Hazelton

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Evaluation of the Effects of Diaphragm Offset at Panel Point 67E on the South Outer Roadway

Final Report

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A Comparison of the In-service Response of an Orthotropic Steel Deck with Laboratory Studies and Design Assumptions

Based on this research, a methodology for the fatigue design of diaphragm and bulkhead plates was developed. It is anticipated that this method will b...

Report on Field Measurements and Uncontrolled Load Testing of the Lehigh River Bridge (SR-33)

Phase II Final Report

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Results of Field Measurements Made on the Prototype Orthotropic Deck on the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge

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