Bridge Engineering Association

Held in New York City on February 3, 2003, the February Seminar: Bridge Cables: Assessment, Design and Erection brought together experts from the U.S., France, and Norway with state-of-the-art presentations on issues of assessment, design and erection of bridge cables. The event started with a keynote on the "World of Bridge Cables" by Gerry Fox, PE, followed by a talk on the "Construction and Rehabilitation of the Williamsburg Bridge Cables" by Henry Perahia, PE, Chief Bridge Officer of NYCDOT. Four consecutive sessions with two speakers in each session followed. The seminar was concluded with a Panel Discussion with all the presenters The event agenda is below. CD's with seminar papers are available through the Bridge Engineering Association. Please contact Khaled Mahmoud for additional information. kmahmoud@bridgeengineer.org
Click on the underlined title of the paper for abstract.
7:00-8:00am	Registration & Breakfast
8:00-8:05am	Chairman's Welcome
8:05-8:35am	Keynote Address: The World of Bridge Cables Gerard F. Fox, Structural Consulting Engineer
8:35-9:00am	Opening Session: Construction and Rehabiliation of the Williamsburg Bridge Cables Henry D. Perahia, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Bridge Officer, New York City Department of Transportation
9:00-10:15am	Session I: Fatigue and Fracture of Cables: CHAIR: Malcolm Kerley, Chief Engineer Virginia Department of Transportation Assessment of Cracking Potential in Bridge Cable Wires Khaled M. Mahmoud, Hardesty & Hanover and John W. Fisher, Lehigh University Fatigue of Stay Cable Strand Systems in Bending Karl H. Frank and Sharon L. Wood Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
10:15-10:40am	Coffee Break
10:45am-12:00pm	Session II: Present and Future Cables: CHAIR: Joseph Englot, Chief Structural Engineer Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Suspension Bridge Main Cable Evaluation: Overview of Technology William J. Moreau, New York State Bridge Authority The Future of Cable Technologies Jean-Philippe Fuzier, Freyssinet International
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch
1:15-2:30pm	Session III: Cable Testing, Manufacturing and Erection: CHAIR: Jackson Durkee Structural Consulting Engineer Experimental Verification and Testing of Stay Cables Khaled Shawwaf, Dywidag Systems International, USA Developments in Aerial Spinning of Suspension Bridge Cables Arne Røen, Dorman Long Hordaland Limited
2:30-2:55pm	Coffee Break
3:00-4:15pm	Session IV: Understanding Cable Behavior: CHAIR: Bojidar Yanev, Director of Bridge Inspection/Bridge Management New York City Department of Transportation Design for Cable Loss in Cable-Stayed Bridges Michael J. Abrahams and John Bryson Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Design Recommendations for the Mitigation of Stay Cable Vibration Sena Kumarasena and Raymond McCabe HNTB Corporation
4:15-5:30pm	Session V: Panel Discussion CHAIR: John Kulicki, President and Chief Engineer Modjeski and Masters Open forum of questions and answers with the seminar's presenting authors.