Innovative Multi-Hazard Resistant Bridge Columns for Accelerated Bridge Construction

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Presented by: Jeffery S. Volz

Abstract: This presentation is focused on accelerating substructure construction using an innovative multi-hazard bridge column. The column consists of a concrete core sandwiched between an outer fiber-reinforced polymer tube and an inner steel tube. Both tubes will act as stay-in-place forms and confine the concrete core.

Bio: Dr. Volz is Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies, Director of the Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Lab, and a Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professor within the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma.