The collapse behaviour of multispan brickwork arch bridges

Structural Engineer

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Melbourne, C ^a   Gilbert, M ^b   Wagstaff, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; BRIDGE COMPONENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL TESTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ATTACHED SPANDREL WALLS; BRIDGE SPAN; COLLAPSE BEHAVIOUR; RIGID BLOCK METHOD;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031549358     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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