Horizontally curved steel I-girders state-of-the-art analysis methods

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-47

  Zureick, A ^a   Naqib, R ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HORIZONTALLY CURVED BRIDGES;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0033077489     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(1999)4:1(38)     Document Type: Article

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