Dynamic characterization of a long span bridge: A finite element based approach

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 503-512

  Wang, M L ^a   Heo, G ^b   Satpathi, D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assurance criteria; Dynamic testing; Finite element model; Long span bridge; Model analysis; SDRC IDEAS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LONG SPAN BRIDGES; NORMAL MODE DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SDRC IDEAS;

BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

EID: 0031251875     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(97)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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