Field test of an intelligent stiffener for bridges at the I-35 Walnut Creek bridge

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-126

  Patten, William Neff ^a   Sun, Jinghui ^a   Li, Guangjun ^a   Kuehn, Jeff ^a   Song, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge; Hydraulic; Intelligent stiffener; Safe life; Semi active control; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; HYDRAULIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; SERVICE LIFE; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

INTELLIGENT STIFFENERS; SEMI-ACTIVE HYDRAULIC ACTUATION SYSTEM;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033082133     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199902)28:2<109::AID-EQE806>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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