Transient impact response of bridge I-girders with and without flaws

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 131-138

  Lin, Yiching ^a   Lin, Kuo Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE TESTING; DEFECTS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; IMPACT TESTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

IMPACT ECHO METHOD;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031274465     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(1997)2:4(131)     Document Type: Article

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