Daniel G. Linzell, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Research and Publications
Guidelines for Analyzing Curved and Skewed Bridges and Designing them for Construction
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $408252
Student(s) Involved: Andrew Coughlin, Junwon Seo
Computational Chemistry of Explosions, Blasts and their Neutralization
Involvement: Co-Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Office of Naval Research
Funding Amount: $622000
Student(s) Involved: Chien Chung Chen
COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Field Monitoring of Bridge #21, Chester County, PA
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Chester County, PA
Funding Amount: $6200
Student(s) Involved: Deanna Nevling, Elizabeth Norton, Adrian Kolias
Laboratory Testing of SuperLocTM Composite Sheetpiling, Phase I
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Creative Pultrusions, Inc.
Funding Amount: $10000
Student(s) Involved: Timothy Nicholoson, Michael Piepoli
Evaluation of Level of Analysis Methodologies for Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridges through Comparison with Measured Response of an In-Service Structure - Phase 1: Literature Search, Definition of Analysis Methods, Preliminary Analysis
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Professional Services Industries, Inc. (PSI) for the Federal Highway Administration's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Funding Amount: $38369
Student(s) Involved: Deanna Nevling
The Effect of Cross-Frame Geometry on the Dynamic Response of Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges During Construction
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Unfunded
Funding Amount: $0
Student(s) Involved: Hathairat Maneetes
Protective Technology Research, Development and Implementation in Support of DOD Force Protection Needs
Involvement: Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: U.S. Department of Defense
Funding Amount: $3510000
Student(s) Involved: Tapan Sabuwala
Laboratory Testing of SuperLocTM Composite Sheetpiling, Phase II
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Creative Pultrusions, Inc.
Funding Amount: $5000
Student(s) Involved: Michael Padula, John Schwarzmeier
Laboratory Testing of SuperLocTM Composite Sheetpiling, Phase III
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Creative Pultrusions, Inc.
Funding Amount: $8000
Student(s) Involved: Dave DePolo, Tom Porter, Nick Remington
Prediction of Movement and Stresses in Curved and Skewed Bridges - Phase I
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $349982
Student(s) Involved: John Lobo, Dave DePolo, Aaron Bennett
Methodology to Predict Movement and Stresses in Integral Abutments - Phase I
Involvement: Co-Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $375574
Student(s) Involved: Jolene Fennema (advised by J. Laman), Charles Leighty (advised by J. Laman)
Evaluation of Level of Analysis Methodologies for Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridges through Comparison with Measured Response of an In-Service Structure - Phase 2: Model Calibration, Field Testing, Analytical Study
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Professional Services Industries, Inc. (PSI) for the Federal Highway Administration's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Funding Amount: $134866
Student(s) Involved: Deanna Nevling
Interstate 99 Interim Research Activities
Involvement: Co-Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $410671
Student(s) Involved: Aaron Bennett, Dave DePolo, Deanna Nevling
Verification of Design Criteria for High Performance Steel Bridge Girders
Consultant
Funding Agency/Group: Ohio Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $167092
Laboratory Testing of SuperLocTM Composite Sheetpiling, 2004
Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Creative Pultrusions, Inc.
Funding Amount: $3000
Student(s) Involved: Justin Ross, Dave DePolo
Collarless Construction Instrumentation
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Office of Naval Research through Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory
Funding Amount: $38583
Student(s) Involved: Matt Kostick, Deanna Nevling, Justin Ross, Jason Shura
Evaluation Study of Algrip Slip Resistant Flooring Products
Involvement: Co-Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Ross Technologies Corp.
Funding Amount: $24780
Dynamic Load Effects of Motorsport Vehicles, Phase I
Involvement: Co-Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: ClearChannel Communications
Funding Amount: $7673
Prediction of Movement and Stresses in Curved and Skewed Bridges
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $123787
Student(s) Involved: Deanna Nevling, Andy Kubic, Venkata Nadakuditi
Collarless Construction Fatigue Testing
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Office of Naval Research through Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory
Funding Amount: $71837
Student(s) Involved: Deanna Nevling, Richard Myers, Andy Kubic, Bob Johnson
Lascor Strength Testing
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Office of Naval Research through Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory
Funding Amount: $100000
Student(s) Involved: Richard Myers, Andy Kubic, Bob Guyer
Concurrent Technologies Purchase Order No. 070500311
Involvement: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Funding Amount: $5904
Student(s) Involved: Bob Guyer
Portable Sign Crash Test
Involvement: Co-Primary Investigator
Funding Agency/Group: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Amount: $169400
Student(s) Involved: Junwon Seo
(Click on refereed journal article titles for an electronic version of the manuscript)
Refereed Journal Articles
DePolo, D.S. and Linzell, D.G., “Evaluation of Live-Load Lateral Flange Bending Distribution for a Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridge,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v13, n5, September/October 2008, pp. 501-508.
Kim, W.S., Laman, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Live Load Radial Moment Distribution for Horizontally Curved Bridges,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v12, n6, November 2007, pp. 727-736.
Bell, B. and Linzell, D., “Erection Procedure Effects on Deformations and Stresses in a Large Radius, Horizontally Curved, I-Girder Bridge,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v12, n1, July 2007, pp. 467-476.
Kayser C.R., Swanson, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Fatigue Resistance of HPS-485W (70W) Continuous Plate with Punched Holes,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v12, n1, January/February 2007, pp.98-104.
Nevling, D., Linzell, D. and Laman, J., “Examination of Level of Analysis Accuracy for Curved I-Girder Bridges through Comparisons to Field Data,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v11, n2, March/April 2006, pp 160-168.
Kayser C.R., Swanson, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Characterization of Material Properties of HPS-485W (70W) TMCP for Bridge Girder Applications,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v11, n1, January/February 2006, pp.99-108.
Domalik, D.E., Shura, J.F. and Linzell, D.G., “Design and Field Monitoring of Horizontally Curved Steel Plate Girder Bridge,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board No. 1928, pp. 83-91, 2005.
Paul, M., Laman, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Thermally Induced Superstructure Stresses in Prestressed Girder Integral Abutment Bridges,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, CD 11-S, 2005, pp. 287-297.
Fennema, J.H., Laman, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Predicted and Measured Response of an Integral Abutment Bridge,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v10, n6, November/December 2005, pp. 666-677.
Choo, T., Linzell, D., Lee, J. and Swanson, J., “Response of a Continuous, Skewed, High Performance Steel, Semi-Integral Abutment Bridge during Deck Placement,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, v61, n5, May 2005, pp. 567-586.
Sabuwala, T., Linzell, D. and Krauthammer, T., “Finite Element Analysis of Steel Beam to Column Connections Subjected to Blast Loads,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, v31, 2005, pp.861-876.
Linzell, D.G., Leon R.T. and Zureick, A.H., “Experimental and Analytical Studies of a Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridge during Erection,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v9, n6, November/December 2004, pp. 521-530.
Linzell, D.G., Hall, D.H. and White, D.W., “A Historical Perspective on Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridge Design in the United States,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, v9, n3, May 2004, pp. 218-229.
Linzell, D.G., Zureick, A. and Leon, R.T., “Comparison of Measured and Predicted Response of Manufactured Circular Steel Tubular Members Under Concentric and Eccentric Compressive and Tensile Loads,” Engineering Structures, v25, n8, August 2003, pp. 1019-1031.
Linzell, D.G., Zureick, A.H. and Leon, R.T. "Instrument Planning and Validation for Full-Scale Bridge Testing,” Experimental Techniques, v27, n3, pp. 29-33, May/June 2003.
Maneetes, H. and Linzell, D.G., “Cross Frame and Lateral Bracing Influence on Curved Steel Bridge Free Vibration Response,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, v59, 2003, pp. 1101-1117.
Norton, E.K., Linzell, D.G., and Laman, J.A., “Examination of the Response of a Skewed Steel Bridge Superstructure During Deck Placement,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board No. 1845, pp. 66-75, 2003.
Linzell, D.G. Nevling, D.L., Kollias, A.A. and Laman, J.A. "Experimental and Numerical Response of a 1915 Riveted Through-Girder Bridge,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board No. 1814, Paper No. 02-2277, pp. 127-134, 2002.
Linzell, D.G., “The Role of Computer Models in Large-Scale Bridge Laboratory Tests,” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, v16, n6, November, 2001.
Zureick, A., Linzell, D., Leon, R. T., and Burrell, J., "Curved Steel Bridges: Experimental and Analytical Studies," Engineering Structures, v22, n2, February, 2000.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Shura, J.F. and Linzell, D.G., “Behavior of a Horizontally Curved Steel Plate Girder Bridge during Steel Erection and Deck Placement,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26, 2006, 16 pp.
DePolo, D.S. and Linzell, D.G., “Evaluation of Live Load Lateral Flange Bending Distribution for a Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridge,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 84th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 9-13, 2005, 27 pp.
Domalik, D.E., Shura, J.F. and Linzell, D.G., “The Design and Field Monitoring of a Horizontally Curved Steel Plate Girder Bridge,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 84th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 9-13, 2005, 22 pp.
Linzell, D.G. and Boothby, T.E., “Flexural Strength of FRP Sheet Piling Panels under Simulated Surface Loads,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures - ACMBS-IV, 9 pp., 2004.
Lobo, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Effects of Geometric Imperfections on Horizontally Curved Steel Bridges,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Record, 83rd Annual Meeting, 2 pp, 2004.
Norton, E.K, Linzell, D.G. and Laman, J.A., “Examination of the Response of a Skewed Steel Bridge Superstructure During Deck Placement,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 12-16, 2003, 28 pp.
Linzell, D.G., Nevling, D.L., Kollias, A.A. and Laman, J.A., “Experimental and Numerical Response of a 1915 Through-Girder Bridge,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 81st Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13-17, 2002, 22 pp.
Other Conference Proceedings
Seo, J.-W. and Linzell, D. G., "Seismic Response of a Curved Steel I-Girder Bridge System Using a Simplified Model," 4th New York City Bridge Conference, New York, NY, August 27-28, 2007, 12 pp.
Alpman, E., Long, L. N., Chen, C.-C, and Linzell, D. G., "Prediction of Blast Loads on a Deformable Plate Using Euler Equations," AIAA 18th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Miami, FL, June 25-28, 2007, 13 pp.
Domalik, D.E., Shura, J.F. and Linzell, D.G., “The Design and Field Monitoring of a Horizontally Curved Steel Plate Girder Bridge,” Official Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting, The International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 13-15, 2005, 8 pp.
Linzell, D.G. and Fleishman, J.M., “Effects of Unbraced Length on Vertical and Lateral Bending Stress Distribution in a Horizontally Curved, Steel, I-Girder Bridge,” Official Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting, The International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 13-15, 2005, 6 pp.
Linzell, D.G., "Summary of Recent Studies of Steel and P/S Bridge Behavior during Construction in Pennsylvania," 1st CSCE Specialty Conference on Infrastructure Technologies, Management and Policy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2-4, 2005, 10 pp.
Domalik, D.E., Shura, J.F. and Linzell, D.G., "The Design and Field Monitoring of a Horizontally Curved Steel Plate Girder Bridge," Structural Stability Research Council, Annual
Stability Conference, 2005 Proceedings, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 6-9, 2005, pp. 165-184.
Linzell, D.G., Nevling, D.L., and Laman, J.A., “Numerical Study of Curved Steel Bridge Response under Traffic Loads - Comparison to Field Data,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASCE
Structures Congress and Exposition, Nashville, TN, May, 2004, 2 pp.
Linzell, D.G., Laman, J.A. and Norton, E.K. “Effects of Deck Pour Sequencing on Girder Rotations in a Skewed Steel I-Girder Bridge during Construction,” 10th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Structural Faults and Repair - 2003, London, England, July 1-3 2003, 10 pp.
Nevling, D.L., Linzell, D.G. and Laman, J.A., “Field Assessment of Curved Steel Bridge Response Under Traffic and Controlled Loads,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASCE Structures
Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, May 29-31, 2003, 2 pp.
Norton, E.K., Linzell, D.G. and Laman, J.A., “Response of a Severely Skewed Plate Girder Bridge Under Construction Loads,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASCE Structures Congress
and Exposition, Seattle, WA, May 29-31, 2003, 2 pp.
Swanson, J.A. and Linzell, D.G., “Field Verification of Construction Procedures for Skewed Steel Bridges Through Monitoring of a HPS Bridge - Research in Progress,” Proceedings of
the 2003 ASCE Structures Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, May 29-31, 2003, 2 pp.
Linzell, D.G., Laman, J.A., Bell B.J. and Norton, E.K. “Examination of the Response of Curved and Skewed Steel Bridges During Construction,” Official Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting, The International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 10-12, 2002, 8 pp.
Mamaghani, I.H.P., Sennah, K., Kainoush, R. and Linzell, D. “The World Trade Center Collapse: A Defensive-Design Perspective,” 4th Structural Specialty Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, June 5-8, 2002, 9 pp.
Linzell, D.G., Laman, J.A., Bell B.J. and Lobo, J.A. “Field Studies of Moderately Curved Steel Bridges During Construction, Research in Progress,” Proceedings of the Structural Stability Research Council Annual Stability Conference, Seattle, WA, April 24-27, 2002, pp. 119-138.
Linzell, D.G. and Hartmann, J.L. “Construction Issues Examined in Association with the Curved Steel Bridge Research Project,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASCE Structures Congress and Exposition, Denver, CO, April 4-6 2002, 2 pp.
Hartmann, J.L. and Linzell, D.G. “Curved Steel Bridge Research Project Experimental Testing ,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASCE Structures Congress and Exposition, Denver, CO, April 4-6 2002, 2 pp.
Linzell,
D.G.,
“Curved Steel Bridges - What Happens During Construction?
Information from Experimental and Analytical Studies in the U.S.,” 9th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Structural Faults
and Repair - 2001, London, England, July 4-6 2001.
Linzell, D.G., “The Effects of Fabrication and Construction on Curved Bridge Behavior,” Creative Systems in Structural and Construction Engineering, First Annual International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 24-26, 2001, pp. 893-898.
Linzell, D.G., “How
Much Influence Does Construction Have On Curved Steel Bridges? Results from
Experimental and Analytical Studies,” Official Proceedings of the 17th
Annual Meeting, The International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June
12-14, 2000, pp. 344-351.
Linzell,
D.G., “Elastic
Experimental and Analytical Studies of Curved Steel Bridge Behavior Under
Self-Weight,” 3rd Structural Specialty Conference
of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, London, Ontario, June 7-10,
2000, pp. 232-239.
Linzell, D., Zureick, A., and Leon, R. T., "FHWA Experimental Studies of Curved Steel Bridge Behavior During Construction," Proceedings, 1999 ASCE Structures Congress: Structural Engineering in the 21st Century, April 1999.
Zureick, A., Leon, R. T., Burrell, J., and Linzell, D., "Curved Steel Bridges: Experimental and Analytical Studies," Innovations in Structural Design: Strength, Stability, Reliability, SSRC Symposium Honoring Theodore V. Galambos, June 1997.