Full-scale testing and analysis of 20-year-old pretensioned concrete box girders

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 471-482

  Labia, Yolanda ^a   Saiidi, M Saiid ^a   Douglas, Bruce ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Box girders; Bridges; Concrete (pretensioned); Full scale test; Prestress loss; Ultimate test

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PRECAST CONCRETE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FULL SCALE TEST; PRETENSIONED CONCRETE BOX GIRDERS;

BOX GIRDER BRIDGES;

EID: 0031235656     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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