Viscoelastic dampers at expansion joints for seismic protection of bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Feng, Maria Q ^a   Kim, Jae Min ^b   Shinozuka, Masanobu ^c   Purasinghe, Rupa ^d  

^a Irvine   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EXPANSION JOINTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

VISCOELASTIC DAMPERS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 0033691109     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2000)5:1(67)     Document Type: Article

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