1. SEPIDEH ASHTARI
Information acquired: 2025
SEPIDEH ASHTARI is an academic who published a paper in 2018 entitled Evaluating the performance-based seismic design of RC bridges according to the 2014 Canadian Highway. SEPIDEH ASHTARI published this work as part of a team: Ashtari, Sepideh. Here is a description of this work: The 2014 edition of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, CSA S6-14, has adopted a performance-based design approach for the seismic design of lifeline and major-route bridges in highly seismic zones. This addition offers many opportunities as well as some challenges with regards to implementing the CSA S6-14 performance-based design provisions in practice. This thesis aims to identify these challenges through a critical review of the CSA S6-14 performance-based design provisions and to address a number of them within the scope of the thesis. The motivation behind conducting the present study is to prepare a reference document for engineers to better comprehend and implement the new provisions in practice. The focus of the thesis is on the performance-based design of new reinforced concrete bridges with ductile substructur.
