Dynamic testing and system identification of a multi-span highway bridge

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 857-878

  Huang, C S ^a   Yang, Y B ^b   Lu, L Y ^a   Chen, C H ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Civil Engineering   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient vibration test; Free vibration test; Multi span bridge; System identification

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032851353     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9845(199908)28:8<857::aid-eqe844>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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