At the time that it was built in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest spanning suspension bridge in the world. The Golden Gate Bridge did not appear to damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as it had been seismically retrofitted a decade earlier to seismic standards.
Nevertheless, after the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, many of the existing building and bridge structures were being analyzed for structural seismic soundness. Radhi Majmudar performed a response spectra and detailed time history analysis using finite element programs of the existing towers and deck for the bridge. Her computer modeling efforts used an in-house program and she contributed in the development of the modules that were used for the seismic analyses.
Status: Built
Location: San Francisco, CA, US
Firm Role: performed a response spectra and detailed time history analysis using finite element programs of the existing towers and deck for the bridge.
