Reliability of deteriorating RC slab bridges

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1638-1644

  Val, Dimitri V ^a   Melchers, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES;

BRIDGES;

EID: 0031342696     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1997)123:12(1638)     Document Type: Article

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