SP-164V2
Joint Sealants and Bearing Systems for Concrete Structures, Vol. 2
4th World Congress, 1997, 453 pp.
$98.50

Although bearing and joint systems comprise only a small percentage of the construction cost of highways, buildings, and bridges (1 percent, typically), their importance to the functioning of those structures is vastly greater. For without adequate engineering effort in design of these vital elements to account for the many, sometimes conflicting, requirements of loading and/or movement, the integrity of the entire structure may be compromised.

Our increased understanding of seismic activity has made us more aware of the wider area of this activity as the greater demand placed on support and joint systems.

This Fourth (quinquennial) World Congress on Joint Sealing and Bearing Systems in Concrete Structures will enhance the general understanding of these systems and introduce entirely new concepts developed to cater to the latest seismic code requirements.

As with the first two Congresses, this is V.2 of a two-volume set. V.1 contains 22 papers, plus the abstracts ofpapers presented at the Third Congress.

Contents:
*The Right Bearing For The Right Job, by Barrie Atkinson

*15 Yr Condition Survey On Modular Joints On The Collar

City Bridge, by Vince Kazakavich

*Replacement Of Expansion Joint Of "Rabindra Setu"

(Howrah Bridge), Caclutta, India, by Subrata Datta, Mukul

Ray and Tarak Nath Mitra

*Caltrans FHWA Program For Performance Testing Of

Seismic Isolation And Energy Dissipation Systems, by

Moshen Sultan and Li-Hong Sheng

*Development Of A Base Isolation System For Existing

Bridges, by Hiroyuki Nagumo, Osamu Hasegasawa and

Yogi Suizu

*The Seismic Retrofit Of Marquam Bridge - A Case Study

by Renzo Medeot

*Recommended Design Requirements For Bridge Deck Joint

Sealing Systems, by F.A. Braun and J.C. Thompson

*On-Site Evaluation Of Bridge Deck Expansion Joints, by

Moussa A. Issa, Brenda Robinson and Moshen Shahawy

*Review Of Methods Used To Seal Expansion Jpint Armoring

Or Nosing Angle To Concrete Interface And A Solution To The

Problem Of Leakage At This Location, by Michael Ciceri

*Two Decades Of Installation Experience Using Elastomeric

Concrete, by Dan Erhardt

*Testing Of Friction Pendulum Seismic Isolation Bearings For

Bridges, by V.A. Zayas, M.C. Constantinou, P. Tsopelas

and A. Kartoum

*Modeling Of Friction Forces In Seismic Protection By Use

Of Friction Devices, by Silvia L. Dimova

*Experimental Tests And Applications Of A New Biaxial Elasto-

Plastic Device For The Passive Control Of Structures, by

Mauro Dolce, Biagio Filardi, Robert Marnetto and Domenico

Nigro

*The European Standard on Antiseismic Devices, by Renzo

Medeot

*The Deflection Capacity Of Rubber Anti-Seismic Bearings,

by A.H. Muhr

*A New Non-Metallic Bridge Expansion Joint System, by

Ronald J. Watson, Kurt K. Baron and A. Joseph Siccardi

*Experimental Evaluation Of Asphaltic Plug Joints, by Brian

K. Bramel, Charles W. Dolan, Jude Kostage and J.A. Puckett

*In-Service Performance Evaluation Of Portland Cement

Concrete Pavement Joint Sealants, by Sylvester A. Kalevela,

Lonnie D. Hendrix, Larry A. Scofield and Gerardo W. Flintsch

*The Effect Of PCC joint Sealing On Total Pavement

Performance, by Steve Shober and Terry Rutkowski

*Results From The Western States' SPS-4 Experiment

by Larry Scofield, Lynn Evans and Doug Firth

*Characteristics And Implementations Of Sliding Isolation

Bearings, by Paul Bradford

*Base Isolation Of The Corinth Canal Bridge, by Agostino

Marioni

*Current Activities On The Use Of High Damping Rubber

Isolation Bearings In Italy, by Alessandro Martelli, Massimo

Forni, Franco Bettinali, Giuseppe Bonacina and Agostino

Marioni

*An Evaluation Of ASTM Shear Modulus Test For Elastromeric

Bridge Bearings, by Y. Arditzogluo, J.A. Yura and A.H. Haines

*Contribution To Reducing The Test Time For Determining The

Long Term Stability Of Sealants, by Till Boettger and Hartmut

Bolte

*Development Of A New Type Of Hysteretic Damper For The

Seismic Protection Of Bridges, by Agostino Marioni

*Evaluation And Performance Of Elastomeric Bridge Joint

Sealants, by Charles W. Dolan, Rodd W. Merchant and Jay

A. Puckett

*Analytical Model For Elastomeric Bridge Bearings, by Osama

Hamzeh, Eric B. Becker and John T. Tassoulas

*Random Oriented Fiber Pads, by Glenn A. Adams, Gilbert

T. Blake and Don Pfeifer

*Material Characteristics Of Preformed Bearing Pads, by

Gilbert T. Blake and Donald W. Pfeifer

*The Ecomonical Role Of Contraction Joints In The Design Of

Reinforced Concrete Walls, by S.M. Sandrossadat-Zadeh

*The Models Of Step Process Of A Bearing Translation Applied

To Predicting Structural Movements, by G. Szefer and M. Waowksi

*High Load Pot Bearing Design, by Phillip B. Plottel and

Drew E. Gilstad

*Bearings, Restraints And Joints For The Italian High Speed

Railway, by Agostino Marioni and Alberto Abate

*Development Of Expansion Joints And Bridge Bearings, by

Joachim Braun

*Greater Buffalo International Airport Viaduct, by Richard

Ulmer, Aleksandr Zonis and Paul Bradford

*The European Standard For Structural Bearings, by

Agostino Marioni

*Rubber Bridge Bearings Test Results After 30 Years In

Service, by Andrzej Niemierko

*Application Of Infra-Red Thermography For Studying

Viscoelastic Behavior, by Koichi Oba and Manfred N.

Partl

*Mid To Long Term Performance Of Field Molded Sealants

For Repairing Concrete Joints In Hydraulic Structures, by

Johangar Mirza

*Reduced-Scale Elastomeric Seismic Isolation Bearing

Tests, by Rodney H. Holland