Seismic study of an historic covered bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 877-882

  Spyrakos, Constantine C ^a,b   Kemp, Emory L ^a   Venkatareddy, Ramesh ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytical experimental studies; Historic bridges; Seismic analysis; Timber bridges

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRUSSES;

HISTORIC BRIDGES;

WOODEN BRIDGES;

EID: 0032647336     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(98)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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