FATIGUE ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING BRIDGE MEMBERS

Fatigue Assessment of Existing Bridge Members

Correct Rests consideration of the service load effects plays a very important role on assessment of railway bridges, especially on fatigue assessment.Eurocode EN 1991-2 introduces twelve types of service trains and prescribes their sequel in normal and heavy duty.The service trains, consisting of locomotive and defined number of wagons, are specif

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Bone mineral density scans in veterans

Elizabeth Bass1,2, Etienne Pracht1,3, Philip Foulis4,51VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, Tampa, FL; 2School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; 3College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; 4James A Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA; 5Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine,

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Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery associated with an aortopulmonary window

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the pulmonary artery is a rare entity that causes chronic left-to-right shunting of blood from the RCA, through the coronary collaterals into the pulmonary artery.This results in persistent myocardial ischemia and ventricular dysfunction.Association of this anomaly with an aortopulmonary wind

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