Pipeline Bridge Project:

A two-year pipeline bridge project was conducted at Wayne State University and was funded by ANR Pipeline Company ($27,050). As the principal investigator (1985-87), Dr. Dusseau directed two graduate student assistants in finite-element computer modeling, and wind and seismic analysis of four existing pipeline suspension bridges: the Patterson Loop and Avalon Extension Aerial Crossings, both located near Patterson, Louisiana and both owned by ANR Pipeline Company; the Missouri River Pipeline Bridge near Plattsmouth, Nebraska; and the world's longest pipeline suspension bridge, the Mississippi River Pipeline Bridge near Grand Tower, Illinois.

Dusseau, R.A., "The Evolution of Pipeline Suspension Bridge in North American Since 1952," Proceedings of Pipelines 2002, Sponsored by the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Cleveland, Ohio, August 4-7, 2002.

Dusseau, R.A., Dubaisi, H., and Zaher, S., ANonuniform Seismic Motion of Long-Span Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 242-256, Reviewed by the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, New York.

Dusseau, R.A., El-Achkar, R., and Haddad, M.E., ADynamic Responses of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 1, January/February 1991, pp. 3-22, Reviewed by the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, New York.

Dusseau, R.A., AWind Analysis of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, The Journal of the International Association for Wind Engineering, Vol. 36, 1990, pp. 927-936, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dusseau, R.A. and Ahmed, I., ADesign Parameters of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Proceedings of the ASCE Pipeline Crossings Specialty Conference, Sponsored by the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Burlington, Vermont, June 16-19, 1996, pp. 112-119.

Dusseau, R.A., ADatabase for Pipeline Bridges in North America,@ Proceedings of the International Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure II, Sponsored by the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, August 15-17, 1993, pp. 530-548.

Dusseau, R.A., AWind Analysis of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Proceedings of the Sixth U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering, Sponsored by the Wind Engineering Research Council, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, March 8-10, 1989, Vol. II, Session B6, pp. 23-32.

Dusseau, R.A., ADynamic Analysis of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Proceedings of the Bridge Research in Progress Symposium, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Bridge Engineering Center, Iowa State University, Des Moines, Iowa, September 26-27, 1988, pp. 69-72.

Dusseau, R.A., El-Achkar, R., and Haddad, M.E., ASeismic Analyses of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Proceedings of the Ninth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sponsored by the International Association for Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, August 1988, Abstract Vol. I, pp. 665.

Dusseau, R.A. and El-Achkar, R., APipe Geometry and Pipeline Bridge Wind Oscillations,@ Proceedings of the International Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure, Sponsored by the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts, June 6-7, 1988, pp. 323-332.

Dusseau, R.A. and Haddad, M.E., APipeline Suspension Bridge Modal Analysis,@ 1987 ANSYS Conference Proceedings, Sponsored by Swanson Analysis Systems, Newport Beach, California, March 31 to April 3, 1987, pp. 8.27-8.37.