Create an account or log in to save stories. The gusset plate is the steel plate that ties steel beams together on a bridge. Federal officials say a flawed gusset plate design is a main cause of the ...

Seminar Overview: Steel bridge gusset plates are often treated as secondary connection elements, but their behavior can govern the performance of truss bridges. This presentation will trace the ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said on Nov. 13 that the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others started when gusset plates on the upper side ...

The gusset plates were about 72 in. high and 100 in. wide. NTSB said gusset plates failed at the U (for “upper”) 10 node of the truss. Jim Wildey, chief of NTSB’s materials laboratory, said ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. The damaged structure of the I-35W bridge after it collapsed. Federal investigators have said a design flaw in the bridge's gusset plates was the major ...