Behavior and design of link slabs for jointless bridge decks

PCI Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 68-78

  Caner, Alp ^a   Zia, Paul ^b  

^a PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; MAINTENANCE; SUPPORTS;

JOINTLESS BRIDGE DECKS; LINK SLABS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0032075033     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.05011998.68.80     Document Type: Article

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