Design and performance of a modular fiber reinforced plastic bridge

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 619-628

  Aref, A J ^a   Parsons, I D ^b  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC BRIDGES;

COMPOSITE BRIDGES;

EID: 0034546092     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(00)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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