Impacts of Flood Change on Bridge Scour Reliability

Presenter: Chao Huang
Institution / Organiztion / Agency: GENEX Systems

Bio: Dr. Chao Huang is the Program Manager of Genex Systems. Genex is the prime contractor providing support service to the FHWA’s J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Research Laboratory, located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Dr. Huang earned his Ph.D. degree from South China University of Technology in 2010. He specializes in the hydraulic performance research of highway infrastructures, including pavement, culvert, bridge and coastal highways. He also has a broad range of knowledge and experience in research of bridge performances under multiple hazards, such as scour, flood, earthquake, vessel collisions, etc. Dr. Huang’s current research focuses on a few hydraulic and scour related topics, including a reliability-based study of the current scour analysis and its potential implementation to the AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor (LRFD) bridge design specifications.