creator Wang, Qing advisor Fu, Gongkang Live load factors of Strength I limit state for continuous girder highway bridges are calibrated based on reliability concept adopted by AASHTO LRFD and LRFR specifications. A uniform reliability is maintained for multi-girder highway bridges with various span lengths. WIM data, gathered by California, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Illinois State Department of Transportation are analyzed. Live load effects produced by WIM data are calculated using influence lines. Expected maximum live load effects in given periods are modeled and extrapolated by Gumbel distribution. A relativecalibration formula is developed in order to derive live load correction factors for designing/evaluating continuous highway bridges at a reliability level that is in consistent with simply supported highway bridges. Computer programming is conducted for data sorting and traffic statistical analysis. Submitted by Erma Thomas (thomase@iit.edu) on 2017-05-19T21:48:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 etdadmin_upload_450324.zip: 4909121 bytes, checksum: 8765c78d5a110581ea6fc4daf21a99fe (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-19T21:48:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 etdadmin_upload_450324.zip: 4909121 bytes, checksum: 8765c78d5a110581ea6fc4daf21a99fe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07 Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, July 2016 2016 2016-07 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/4078 en Continuous girder bridge Live load factor LRFD LRFR Relative-calibration WIM Dissertation born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access CAEE / Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department