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Donald W. White

Professor

Presentations

  1. White, D.W. (2012). “Important Skewed Bridge Analysis Considerations,” presentation at TRB Workshop 152, Design, Detailing, Fabrication, Analysis and Behavior of Skewed Steel Bridges, to be repeated at the International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June.
  2. White, D.W. (2012). “Guidelines for Analysis and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges,” presentation at World Steel Bridge Symposium, National Steel Bridge Alliance, Grapevine, TX, April.
  3. White, D.W. (2012). “Design for Stability Using the Direct Analysis Method,” Two-day short course to Mexican Institute of Steel Construction (IMCA), Puebla, Mexico, March.
  4. White, D.W. (2012). “Important Skewed Bridge Analysis Considerations,” presentation at TRB Workshop 152, Design, Detailing, Fabrication, Analysis and Behavior of Skewed Steel Bridges, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January.
  5. White, D.W., Taherbhai, F., and Chaney, D., (2012). “Facilitating Faculty-Students Interaction via Online Media,” C21U Poster Session, Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities, Launch Event, September.
  6. White, D.W. (2011). “Guidelines for Analysis and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges,” Annual Tennessee Section Meeting, ASCE, Nashville, TN, September.
  7. White, D.W. (2011). “Flange Brace Research,” One-day seminar at 2011 Continuing Education Seminar for Professional Engineers, NCI Building Systems, Houston, TX, September.
  8. White, D.W. (2011). “Structural Behavior of Steel,” presentation at North Carolina Steel Bridge Forum, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, September.
  9. White, D.W. (2011). “Behavior and Design of Bracing in Steel Structures,” One-half day seminar at 2011 Combined meeting of Metal Building Manufacturers Association Technical Committee and AISI Specification Committee, Cleveland, OH, July.
  10. Sanchez, T.A. and White, D.W. (2011). “Stability of Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges During Construction,” Annual Stability Conference, Structural Stability Research Council, Pittsburgh, PA, May.
  11. White, D.W. and Helwig, T.A. (2011). “Novel Concepts in Design for Member Stability,” North American Steel Construction Conference, American Institute of Steel Construction, Pittsburgh, PA, May.
  12. White, D.W., Kaehler, R. and Griffis, L. (2011). “Introduction to New AISC Design Guides,” Structures Congress, Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE, Las Vegas, NV, April.
  13. White, D.W. (2011). “Understanding the Influence of Skew on Bridge Response,” Session SMS11-046, Steel Bridge System Analysis and Performance, 90th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January.
  14. White, D.W. (2011). “Field Instrumentation and Study of an 8-Span Curved I-Girder Ramp During Construction,” presentation to 2011 AFF20(1) Subcommittee, Analysis of Steel Bridges, 90th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January.
  15. White, D.W. (2010). “Steel Truss Gusset Plate Behavior and Design,” 11th UIUC Structural Engineering Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, April.
  16. White, D.W. (2009 & 2010). “Unified Design of Steel I-Section Flexural Members,” T.R. Higgins Award Lecture, American Institute of Steel Construction, 9 lectures presented nationally.
  17. White, D.W. and Tran, D. (2009). “Use of the AISC Direct Analysis Method for Stability Bracing Design,” presentation in session on the Direct Analysis Method: Recent Developments and Applications, Structures Congress, Structural Engineers Institute, ASCE, Austin, TX, April.
  18. White, D.W. (2009). “Flange Brace Research,” one-half day seminar at 2009 Continuing Education Seminar for Professional Engineers, NCI Building Systems, Houston, TX, October.
  19. White, D.W. (2009). “Application of the AISC Direct Analysis Method,” one-half day seminar, Annual SEAoK conference, Structural Engineers Association of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, May.
  20. White, D.W., Kim, Y.D. and Kaehler, R. (2009). “AISC Design Guide for Design of Frames Using Web-Tapered Members,” North American Steel Construction Conference, American Institute of Steel Construction, Phoenix, AZ, April.
  21. Ibrahim, F.I.S. and White, D.W. (2009). “FHWA Guidance & Research on Load Rating Evaluation of Gusset Plates in Truss Bridges,” Steel Bridges Committee, 88th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January.
  22. White, D.W. (2009). “NCHRP 12-79, Guidelines for Analytical Methods & Erection Engineering of Curved & Skewed Steel Deck-Girder Bridges,” Steel Bridges Committee, Methods of Analyzing Steel Bridges Subcommittee, 88th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January.
  23. White, D.W., Ozgur, C., and Chang, C.-J. (2008). “Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed I-Girder Bridges -- Key Concepts,” Analysis Practices and Techniques for Steel Bridges - Interactive Workshop, TRB 87th Annual Meeting, January.
  24. White, D.W., Ozgur, C., Chang, C.-J., and Jung, S.-K. (2007c). “Construction Simulation of Curved and Skewed I-Girder Bridges,” World Steel Bridge Symposium, National Steel Bridge Alliance, New Orleans, LA, December.
  25. White, D.W., Ozgur, C., Chang, C.-J., and Jung, S.-K. (2007b). “Construction Simulation of Curved and Skewed I-Girder Bridges,” Western Bridge Engineers Seminar (CD-ROM), Boise, ID, September.
  26. White, D.W., Ozgur, C., Chang, C.-J., and Jung, S.-K. (2007a). “Construction Simulation of Curved and Skewed I-Girder Bridges,” International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June.
  27. White, D.W., and Ozgur, C. (2007). “Behavior and Analysis of a Curved and Skewed I-Girder Bridge,” Steel Bridges Committee, Methods of Analyzing Steel Bridges Subcommittee, 86th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January.
  28. White, D.W. (2006). “Frame Analysis and Member Design Using AISC 2005,” Engineering Educational Seminar (4 hrs), Butler Engineering Council, Kansas City, MO, March.
  29. White, D.W., and Chang, C.J. (2006b), “Construction Simulation for Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges,” Steel Bridges Committee, Methods of Analyzing Steel Bridges Subcommittee, 85th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January.
  30. White, D.W., and Chang, C.J. (2006a). “Design Analysis of Curved I-Girder Bridge Systems – An Assessment of Modeling Strategies,” Steel Bridges Committee, Methods of Analyzing Steel Bridges Subcommittee, 85th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January.
  31. White, D.W. (2006). “2005 AISC Specification: Stability Design Provisions,” Seminar (full day), VP Building Systems, Memphis, TN, January.
  32. White, D.W., and Chang, C.J. (2005). “Construction Simulation for Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges,” World Steel Bridge Symposium, National Steel Bridge Alliance, Orlando, FL, November.
  33. White, D.W. (2005). “2005 AISC Specification: Stability Design Provisions,” Seminar (full day), NCI Building Systems, Houston, TX, November.
  34. White, D.W. (2005). “AISC 2005 Seminar,” Metal Building Manufacturers Association, Cleveland, OH, July.
  35. White, D.W. (2005). Panelist, Session on “Finite Element Analysis Software Development Using Open Source Object-Oriented Programming,” Structures Congress, ASCE/SEI, April.
  36. White, D.W. (2005). “Unified Flexural Resistance Equations for Stability Design of Steel I-Section Members -- Synthesis of Test Data,” Structures Congress, ASCE/SEI, April.
  37. White, D.W. (2005). “Shear Resistance and Moment-Shear Interaction in Transversely-Stiffened I-Girders,” Structures Congress, ASCE/SEI, April.
  38. White, D.W., Jung, S.-K., Chang, C-.J., Beshah, F., and Wright, W. (2005). “Ultimate Strength of Horizontally Curved Composite I-Girder Bridge Structural Systems,” Curved Steel Bridge Design Session, Transportation Research Board, 84th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.
  39. White, D.W. (2003). “New LRFD Provisions for the Flexural Design of Steel I-Girder Bridges,” AASHTO LRFD Specifications Workshop for Steel Bridge Superstructures, Sponsored by A2C02 – Steel Bridges, January 2004.
  40. White, D.W. (2003). “New LRFD Provisions for the Flexural Design of Steel I-Girder Bridges,” Steel Bridge Design Workshop, NSBA Steel Bridge Symposium, November, 2003.
  41. White, D.W. (2003). “Unified Strength Equations for Steel I-Girders,” expanded from FHWA video presentation, Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures Meeting, AASHTO, Albuquerque, NM, June.
  42. White, D.W. (2003). “Unified Strength Equations for Steel I-Girders,” Proposed Updates to AASHTO 6.10 and 6.11, one of three presentations in video distributed to 50 State Departments of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, March.
  43. White, D.W. (2003). “Development of Unified Strength Equations for Straight and Horizontally-Curved Steel I-Girders,” Session on Curved Steel Bridges, Transportation Research Board, 82nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.
  44. White, D.W. (2003). “New LRFD Provisions for the Flexural Design of Steel I-Girder Bridges,” Steel Bridge Committee, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
  45. White, D.W. (2002). “Shear Strength and Moment-Shear Interaction in Unstiffened and Transversely-Stiffened Steel I-Girders,” Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures Meeting, AASHTO, Atlantic City, NJ, May.
  46. White, D.W. (2002). “Shear Strength of Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girders – Experimental Tests,” Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures Meeting, AASHTO, Atlantic City, NJ, May.
  47. White, D.W. (2002). “Potential Unified LRFD Flexural Provisions,” Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures Meeting, AASHTO, Atlantic City, NJ, May.
  48. White, D.W. (2001). “Development of Unified Equations for Design of Curved and Straight Steel Bridge I-Girders,” Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures Meeting, AASHTO, Seattle, WA, May.
  49. White, D.W. (2001), “Development of Tension Field Action in HPS Hybrid Girders,” Steel Bridge Committee, Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.
  50. Citipitioglu, A.M., Haj-Ali, R.M. and White, D.W. (2001). “Detailed 3D finite element simulations of semirigid steel connections,” First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA.
  51. Alemdar, B.N. and White, D.W. (2001). “A mixed co-rotational finite element for three-dimensional nonlinear frame analysis,” First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June (student fellowship awarded by conference organizers for travel, accommodation, and conference fee).
  52. White, D.W. (2000). “Nonlinear Analysis of Partially-Restrained Composite Framing Systems Using Component-Based Connection Models,” Connections in Steel Structures IV, Roanoke, VA, October.
  53. Maleck, A., Alemdar, B.N. and White, D.W. (2000). “Advanced Analysis Based Design Methods for Steel Frames,” North American Steel Construction Conference, AISC, Las Vegas, NV, February.
  54. White, D.W., Zureick, A.H, and Phoawanich, N. (2000). “Evaluation of Shear Strength of Curved Steel Bridge I Girders,” Steel Bridge Committee Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
  55. White, D.W. (1999). “The Taiwan Earthquake of September 21, 1999: Response and Damage of Buildings,” Middle-America Earthquake Center, Briefing seminars in Atlanta (October 21), Chicago (October 22) and St. Louis (October 25).
  56. Alemdar, B.N., Taylor, J., White, D.W., and Leon, R.T. (1999). “Component-Based Nonlinear Analysis of PRC Frames,” U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program, Phase 5 - Composite and Hybrid Structures, Fifth Joint Technical Coordination Committee Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August.
  57. Barth, K.E. and White, D.W. (1998). “Strength and Ductility of I-Girders Fabricated from High-Performance Steels,” Transportation Research Board, 77th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.
  58. Nukala, P.V.V. and White, D.W. (1996). "Advanced Analysis Methods for Three-Dimensional Steel Frameworks," ASCE/SSRC Colloquium on Structural Stability, April.
  59. White, D.W. (1996). “Wind and Seismic Loads for Buildings,” Selecting Structural Systems, AISC Lecture Series, Indianapolis, IN, September.
  60. White, D.W. and Hajjar, J.F. (1996). “Effective Length and Notional Load Approaches for Assessing Frame Stability,” seminar presentation to Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, Illinois, October.
  61. White, D.W. (1995). "Unified Autostress Procedures for Continuous-Span Bridge Beams and Girders," seminar presentation to the Singapore Structural Steel Society, October.
  62. White, D.W. (1995). "Advanced Analysis in Steel Design: Research to Practice," seminar presentation to Civil Engineering Departments at the National University of Singapore, October, and the University of Queensland, Australia, November.
  63. White, D.W. (1995). "Innovative Methods for Stability Analysis and Design of Steel Frames," Pre-Conference One-Day Short-Course, Fourth Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Singapore, October.
  64. White, D.W. (1994). "1993 LRFD Specification," Innovative Practices in Structural Steel, AISC Lecture Series, Indianapolis, IN, October.
  65. White, D.W. (1993). "Performance of Noncompact Steel Bridge Girders and Implications for Unified Autostress Design," Transportation Research Board, 72nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, January.
  66. White, D.W. (1991). “Toward Advanced Inelastic Analysis for Frame Design,” seminar presentation to the School of Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, October.
  67. White, D.W. (1990). "Do We Really Need K Factors?," Structural Engineering Seminar, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Chicago, Illinois, January.
  68. White, D.W. (1988). "Inelastic Stability of Steel Frame Components – Application of Shell Finite Elements and Cyclic Plasticity Models," Structural Engineering Seminar, Department of Structural Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March.
  69. White, D.W. (1988). "Analysis and Design of Flexibly Connected Steel Frames," Presentation at the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, July.
  70. White, D.W. (1988). "Requirements for Reliable and Effective Nonlinear Shell Finite Element Analysis," Technical Seminar – Structural Mechanics, ALCOA Laboratories, Product Engineering Division, Alcoa Center, PA, June.
  71. White, D.W. and McGuire, W. (1985). "Methods of Analysis in LRFD," presented at the LRFD Session of the Structural Engineering Congress, ASCE, Chicago, IL, September.

Reports

  1. Chavel, B.D., Coletti, D., and White, D.W. (2012). “Recommendations for Construction Plan Details and Level of Construction Analysis,” Task 9 Report, Project No. NCHRP 12-79, February, 45 pp.
  2. White, D.W., Sanchez, A., Ozgur, C., and Jimenez, J. (2012). “Evaluation of Analytical Methods for Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges,” Task 8 Report, Project No. NCHRP 12-79, February, 359 pp.
  3. White, D.W., Jimenez, J., Ozgur, C., and Sanchez, A. (2012). “Benchmark Problems,” Task 7 Report, Project No. NCHRP 12-79, February, 29 pp.
  4. White, D.W., Coletti, D., Chavel, B.D., Sanchez, A., Ozgur, C., Jimenez Chong, J.M., Leon, R.T., Medlock, R.D., Cisneros, R.A., Galambos, T.V., Yadlosky, J.M., Gatti, W.J., and Kowatch, G.T. (2012). “Guidelines for Analytical Methods and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges,” Final Report, Project No. NCHRP 12-79, February, 209 pp.
  5. White, D.W., Leon, R.T., Kim, Y.D., Mentes, Y., and Bhuiyan, M. (2012). “Behavior and Design of Riveted and Bolted Gusset Plate Connections for Steel Bridges – Finite Element Test Simulation Studies,” Report to Federal Highway Administration, Project No. NCHRP 12-84, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, February, 345 pp.
  6. Ozgur, C. and White, D.W. (2008). “Behavior and Analysis of a Horizontally Curved and Skewed I-Girder Bridge,” Report to Federal Highway Administration, January, 222 pp.
  7. Chang, C.-J. and White, D.W. (2008). “Construction Simulation of Curved Steel I-Girder Bridge Systems,” Report to Federal Highway Administration, January, 285 pp.
  8. Jung, S.-K. and White, D.W. (2008). “Inelastic Strength Behavior of Horizontally Curved Composite I-Girder Bridge Structural Systems,” Report to Federal Highway Administration, January, 667 pp.
  9. Goverdhan, A., Rex, C., and White, D.W. (2006). “Evaluation and Comparison of Two Design Procedures Applied to a Four-Bay Two-Story PR Frame: Implications with Respect to AISC (2005) Practice,” Report to AISC TC-3, American Institute of Steel Construction, October, 72 pp.
  10. White, D.W., and Kim, Y.D. (2006). “A Prototype Application of the AISC (2005) Stability Analysis and Design Provisions to Metal Building Structural Systems,” prepared for Metal Building Manufacturers Association, January, 157 pp.
  11. Kim, Y.D., Jung, S.-K. and White, D.W. (2004). “Transverse Stiffener Requirements in Straight and Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girders,” Report to FHWA, August, 113 pp.
  12. White, D.W. and Kim, Y.D. (2004). “Unified Flexural Resistance Equations for Stability Design of I-Section Members – Moment Gradient Tests,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 04-29, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, December, 149 pp.
  13. White, D.W. and Jung, S.K. (2004). “Unified Flexural Resistance Equations for Stability Design of I-Section Members – Uniform Bending Tests,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 04-28, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, September, 128 pp.
  14. White, D.W., Barker, M. and Azizinamini, A. (2004). “Shear Strength and Moment-Shear Interaction in Transversely-Stiffened Steel I-Girders,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 04-27, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, June, 82 pp.
  15. White, D.W. and Barker, M. (2004). “Shear Strength of Transversely-Stiffened Steel I-Girders,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 04-26, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May, 105 pp.
  16. Aydemir, M., White, D.W. and Jung, S.K. (2004). “Shear Strength and Moment Shear Interaction in HPS Hybrid I-Girders,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 04-25, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April, 155 pp.
  17. Jung, S.-K and White, D.W. (2003). “Shear Strength of Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girders – Finite Element Analysis Studies,” Report to Federal Highway Administration, July, 125 pp.
  18. White, D.W. and Jung, S.K. (2003b). “Simplified Lateral Torsional Buckling Equations for Singly-Symmetric I-Section Members,” Structural Engineering Mechanics and Materials Report No. 03-24b, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May, 43 pp.
  19. White, D.W. and Jung, S.K. (2003a). “Simplified Lateral Torsional Buckling Equations for I- and Channel-Section Members,” Structural Engineering Mechanics and Materials Report No. 03-24a, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May, 21 pp.
  20. White, D.W., Schafer, B.W., and Kim, S.-C. (2003). “Toward a Simpler and More Accurate Calculation of the Strength of Columns with Slender Elements,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 34, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 73 pp.
  21. White, D.W., and Kim, S.-C. (2003). “Simplified Strength Calculations for Noncompact and Slender Web I-Section Beam-Columns,” Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Report No. 28, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 41 pp.
  22. White, D.W. (2003). “Improved Flexural Design Provisions for I-Shaped Members and Channels – Concepts,” Structural Engineering Mechanics and Materials Report No. 03-23, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May, 60 pp.
  23. White, D.W., Jung, S.K. and Chang, C.-J. (2002). “Design of Curved Composite Test Bridge,” Report to PSI Inc. and FHWA, December, 99 pp.
  24. Zureick, A.H., White, D.W., Phoawanich, N.P., and Park, J. (2002). “Shear Strength of Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girders – Experimental Tests,” Final Report to PSI Inc. and FHWA, 157 pp.
  25. White, D.W. (2002b). “AASHTO LRFD Article 6.10 – Sample Case Studies,” Structural Engineering Mechanics and Materials Report No. 02-51, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, October, 78 pp.
  26. White, D.W., Zureick, A.H., Phoawanich, N.P. and Jung, S.K., (2001). “Development of Unified Equations for Design of Curved and Straight Steel Bridge I Girders,” Final Report to AISI, PSI Inc. and FHWA, October, 547 pp.
  27. White, D.W., Zureick, A.H., Phoawanich, N.P. and Jung, S.K., (2001). “Development of Unified Equations for Design of Curved and Straight Steel Bridge I Girders,” Final Report to AISI, PSI Inc. and FHWA, October, 547 pp.
  28. White, D.W. (1993). "Web Distortions in Longitudinally-Stiffened Girders and Implications for Bridge Design Provisions." CE-STR-93-16, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 54 pp.
  29. Toma, S., Chen, W.F., and White, D.W. (1991). “Calibration Frames for Second-Order Inelastic Analysis in North America,” CE-STR-91-23, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 33 pp.
  30. White, D.W., Liew, J.Y.R., and Chen, W.F. (1991). "Second-Order Inelastic Analysis for Frame Design: A Report to SSRC Task Group 29 on Recent Research and the Perceived State-of-the-Art," Annual Technical Session and Meeting, Structural Stability Research Council, Chicago, IL, 116 pp.
  31. Zhang, H., White, D.W. and Chen W.F. (1990b). "An Object-Oriented Matrix Manipulation Library," Structural Engineering Report CE-STR-90-10, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 77 pp.
  32. Zhang, H., White, D.W. and Chen W.F. (1990a). "The SESDE Object Library Manual," Structural Engineering Report CE-STR-90-33, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 108 pp.
  33. Zhang, H., Tan, L., White, D.W., and Chen, W.F. (1990). "Design and Implementation of GUIDES: A Graphical User Interface Development System," Structural Engineering Report CE-STR-90-7, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 112 pp.
  34. White, D.W., Zhang, H., Tan, L., and Chen, W.F. (1990). "GUIDES Reference Manual (A Graphical User Interface Development System)," Structural Engineering Report CE-STR-90-8, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 168 pp.