Full-scale testing of shear keys for adjacent box girder bridges

PCI Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 80-90

  Miller, Richard A ^a   Hlavacs, George M ^b   Long, Todd ^c   Greuel, Andreas ^d  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b Middough Inc   (United States)

^c PEDCO E and A Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOX GIRDER BRIDGES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; COOLING; CRACK INITIATION; EPOXY RESINS; GROUTING; HEATING; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL STRESS;

NON-SHRINK GROUT; SHEAR KEYS;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 0033338438     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.11011999.80.90     Document Type: Article

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