Chung C. Fu, Ph.D., P.E.

  • Director/Affiliate Associate Professor, Bridge/Building Engineering Software & Technology (BEST) Center, 

    • Department of Civil Engineering, 
    University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 
    Tel: (301) 405-2011 Fax: (301) 314-9129 
    e-mail: ccfu@eng.umd.edu 
Honors and Awards:
  • Bechtel's Achievement Award, 1984, 1985, 1986
  • Member, Sigma Xi</LI> 
Professional Services:
  • Professional Engineers of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.
  • Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE).
  • Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI).
  • Member and subcommittee chairman of ACI Committee 209 "Creep and Shrinkage"
  • Member of Transportation Research Board
Research Interests:

Computer analysis and design; reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, steel and FRP structural design, bridge engineering, seismic engineering.

Publications (Partial): 

A. Referred Publications

1. Fu, C.C. and Hsu, Y.T., "Bridge Diaphragm Elements with Partial Warping Restraint" Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 11, pp. 3388-3395, 1994

2. Fu, C.C. and Hsu, Y.T., "The Development of an Improved Curvilinear Thin-walled Vlasov Element" International Journal of Computer & Structures, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 147-160, 1994.

3. Fu, C.C., "Steel Bridge Design Using Alternate Load Factor (Autostress) Method," Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Aug. 8-11, 1994 

4. Hsu, Y.T., Fu, C.C. and Schelling, D.R., "EBEF Method for Distortional Analysis of Steel Box Girder Bridges," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 3, 1995; Closure, Vol. 122, No. 8, 1996.

5. Fu, C.C., Elhelbawey, M., Sahin, M.A. and Schelling, D.R. "Lateral Distribution Factor from Weigh- In-Motion Bridge Testing," Journal of Structure Engineering, ASCE Vol. 122, No. 9, pp. 1106-1109, 1996.

6. Fu, C.C. and Yang, D., "Designs of Concrete Bridges with Multiple Box Cells due to Torsion Using Softened Truss Model," Journal of American Concrete Institute, ACI , Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 696-702, Nov./Dec. 1996.

7. Yang, D., and Fu, C.C., "Torsional Analysis for Multiple Box Cells Using Softened Truss Model," International Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Techno-Press, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 21-32, Jan. 1997

8. Elhelbawey, M.I. and Fu, C.C., “Effective Torsional Constant for a Restrained Open Section,” Journal of Structure Engineering, ASCE, Nov. 1998.

9. Harwood, K and Fu, C. C. “Restoration of a Historical Truss Bridge,” Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 3-13, 1998.

10. Elhelbawey, M.I. and Fu, C.C., “Effective Torsional Constant for a Restrained Open Section,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Nov. 1998.

11. Fu, C. C. and Hsu, Y. T. “Softened truss model for torsional analysis of reinforced and prestressed concrete boxes,” International Journal of Structures, Vol. 17, No. 2, Dec. 1998, Nem Chand & Bros, Roorkee, India

12. Fu, C. C., discussion on “Sequence-Based Prediction in Conceptual Design of Bridges,” by W. Wang and J.S. Gero, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Jan. 1999.

13. Elhelbawey, M., Fu, C.C., Sahin, M.A. and Schelling, D.R., “Determination of Slab Participation from Weigh-In-Motion Bridge Testing,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ACSE Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 165-173, Aug. 1999.

14. Hsu, Y.T. and Fu, C.C., “ Study of Damaged Wushi Bridge in Taiwan 921 Earthquake,” Practice Periodical on Structural Design & Construction, ASCE (to be published)

B. Non-refereed Publications (Books, Chapter of Book or Others)

1. Fu, C.C., and Nickerson, (Editors), FHWA Bridge Engineering Training Course Participant Notebook Vol. I - IV, Oct. 1994.

2. Hsu, Y.T. and Fu, C.C. “Rating of Existing Highway Bridges (1 - 10)”, Modern Construction (in Chinese), Jan thru Oct., 1996, Taipei, Taiwan.

3. Hsu, Y.T. and Fu, C.C. “The Research on the Rating of Steel Bridges Using AASHTO Autostress Design Method”, Feng-Chia University Journal, Dec., 1996, TaiChung, Taiwan.

4. Fu, C.C., Load and Resistance Factor Bridge Designed by Computer, Federal Highway Administration, 1998.

C. Presentation and Conference Proceedings

1. Fu, C.C., "Bridge Rating using Influence Surface for Curved Bridge Structures," presented and published in the Proceedings of the First Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Washington, D.C., June 20-22, 1994.

2. Fu, C.C., "Automated Design of 3-D Highway Sign Bridge Structures," presented and published in the Proceeding of the First Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Washington, D.C., June 20-22, 1994.

3. Fu, C.C., "Steel Bridge Design Using Alternate Load Factor (Autostress) Method," presented in the 4th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Aug. 8-11, 1994.

4. Fu, C.C., "Bridge Inventory, Bridge Rating and Bridge Routing in The United States," presented and published in the Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Bridge Engineering, Taichung, Taiwan, June 8-9, 1995.

5. Fu, C.C., "Alternate Load Factor (Autostress) Design for Short to Medium Span Continuous Steel Bridges," presented and published in the Proceedings of the XIV ASCE Structure Congress, Chicago, May 6-8, 1996.

6. Fu, C.C., "MERLIN-DASH and Recent Development in LRFD Specifications," presented in the 1996 Highway Engineering Exchange Program (HEEP) Conference for AREA I, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, June 23-26, 1996.

7. Fu, C.C., "Bridge Engineering and its Software Applications ," 2-day lecture presented at the Korean Society of Civil Engineering, Seoul, Korea, July 24 & 25, 1996.

8. Fu, C.C., "Introduction to the Bridge Management System," and "The Interaction between Bridge Design and Construction ," presented in the Workshop for the High-tech application in Bridges, sponsored by the Taiwan Construction Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan, July 30, 1996

9. Fu, C.C., “Recent LRFD Development in MERLIN-DASH” presented in the Steel Bridge Forum, Springfield, Illinois, Oct. 2, 1997.

10. Harwood, K and Fu, C. C. “Restoration of a Historical Truss Bridge,” presented in the 5th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 3-13, 1998

D. Technical Reports

1. Schelling, D.R. and Fu, C.C., Final Report “Development of British-Code Steel Bridge System, “1993-1994.

2. Fu, C.C., Final Report of "Strengthening of Colgate Creek Bridge at Dundalk Marine Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland," Maryland Port Administration, February 1994.

3. Fu, C.C. and Schelling, D.R., Final Report of "Determination of Load and Fatigue Capacity and Redundancy of the U. S. Bridge Corporation Bridge 3000," U. S. Bridge Corporation, March 1994. 

4. Fu, C.C., Report 1 "Task 1- Review of the Maryland Bridges due to Standard AASHTO HS-20 and the Army Classification Vehicles," Report 2 "Task 2- Review of U.S. Bridge Design Standards & Task 3- Review of Korean Bridge Design Standards," Report 3 "Task 4 - Review of Russian Bridge Design Standards and Supplemental Report on the Identification of Russian Roads and Bridges" and Report 4 "Task 5 - Review of the National Bridges Sample Database due to Standard AASHTO HS-20 and the Army Classification Vehicles," Argonne National Laboratory, July-December 1995.

5. Fu, C.C., Report of "Bridge Analysis Study for the Military Traffic Management Command and FHWA, Phase I," Federal Highway Administration, September 1995.

6. Fu, C.C., "The Top Chord Evaluation of Welded Pony Type Truss Bridge," Ohio Bridge Corporation, Cambridge, Ohio, 1998.

7. Fu, C.C., "Railing System Evaluation of Welded Pony Type Truss Bridge," Ohio Bridge Corporation, Cambridge, Ohio, 1998.

Last modified: May 19, 2000