Proof load testing of highway bridges

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1541, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Saraf, Vijay ^a   Sokolik, Andrej F ^a   Nowak, Andrzej S ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEARING CAPACITY; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); LOAD TESTING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STEEL CORROSION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TANKS (MILITARY);

ANALYTICAL CAPACITY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LOAD; PROOF LOAD TESTING;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 0030284647     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1541-07     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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