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October 9-13, 2006
Holiday Inn Select
Naperville, Illinois USA
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Important Information
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| Abstracts and proposals due |
June 30, 2006 |
| Notification to authors |
July 31, 2006 |
| Author materials due |
September 30, 2006 |
| Tutorials start |
October 9, 2006 |
| Conference starts |
October 11, 2006 |
| Email Contact |
[email protected] |
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We are pleased to announce the 13th Annual Tcl/Tk conference (Tcl'2006),
sponsored by Noumena Corporation ,
Digital Smarties ,
Eolas Technologies and
ActiveState .
Rating of Highway Bridges Using Tcl
Author: Michael H. Scott, Adrian Kidarsa
Abstract
Due to the deterioration of reinforced concrete bridges built
during the interstate expansion of the 1950s and the increased number and
weight of trucks that pass over these bridges, bridge rating has become of
paramount importance in Oregon and other states across the United States.
Applications have been developed in Tcl to rate highway bridges for their
remaining capacity in comparison with truck demands. A finite element
analysis program, OpenSees (http://opensees.berkeley.edu), written in C++,
extends the Tcl language to define the nodes, boundary conditions, bridge
elements, and moving loads required to compute the demand imposed by
trucks at critical locations along a bridge. Tcl commands are also added
to compute the bridge capacity from design specifications at the critical
locations, which can then be compared to the imposed demand in order to
rate the bridge. The scripting capabilities of Tcl facilitate the
repetitive nature of moving load analysis, and the database features of
Tcl can interface with bridge and rating vehicle databases maintained by
state DOT's. Further extensions are to distributed computing applications
that simulate the passing of special permit trucks through critical
national transportation corridors, e.g., along I-5 from Seattle to San
Diego.
Conference Committee
| Cyndy Lilagan |
Eolas Technologies | Facilities Coordination |
| Clif Flynt |
Noumena Corp | General Chair |
| Steve Redler IV |
SR Technology | Program Chair |
| Steve Landers |
Digital Smarties | Program Co-chair |
| Kevin Kenny |
GE Global Research Center | |
| Jeffrey Hobbs |
ActiveState Corp | |
| Andreas Kupries |
ActiveState Corp | |
| Ron Fox |
NSCL Michigan State University | |
| Donal Fellows |
University of Manchester | |
| Larry Virden |
Tcl FAQ Maintainer | |
| Mike Doyle |
Eolas Technologies | |
| Gerald Lester |
HMS Software | |
Contact Information
[email protected]
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