Finite-element analysis of steel girder highway bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 83-87

  Mabsout, Mounir E ^a   Tarhini, Kassim M ^b,e   Frederick, Gerald R ^c   Tayar, Charbel ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Dar Al Handasah   (Lebanon)

^e ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPOSITE BRIDGES; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GIRDER SPACING; SPAN LENGTH; WHEEL LOAD DISTRIBUTION FACTORS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 0031210191     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(1997)2:3(83)     Document Type: Article

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