Static behaviour simulation of a bridge structure by an FE-PC model

Simulation Practice and Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-63

  Alaylioglu, H ^a,b   Alaylioglu, Ayse ^a  

^a Dept of Public Transport and Roads   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bridge structures; Finite element analysis; Integrity assessment; Simulation; Static analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC LOAD TESTING;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 0030787662     PISSN: 09284869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4869(95)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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