Seismic analysis and design of rigid bridge abutments considering rotation and sliding incorporating non-linear soil behavior

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-277

  Al Homoud, A S ^a   Whitman, R V ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge tests; Dynamic response; Earthquake; Finite element; Interface elements; Nonlinear constitutive model; Rigid abutment; Rotation; Sand; Simplified method; Sliding

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIGIDITY; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SHEAR BEAMS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

BRIDGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0033152084     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(99)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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