Proof load testing for bridge assessment and upgrading

Engineering Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1677-1689

  Faber, Michael H ^a   Val, Dimitri V ^b   Stewart, Mark G ^b  

^a D ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bridges; Proof loads; Time dependent reliability

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CALIBRATION; DETERIORATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BRIDGE ASSESSMENT; BRIDGE RESISTANCE; PROOF LOAD TESTING; TIME DEPENDENT RELIABILITY;

BRIDGES;

EID: 0034563742     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(99)00111-X     Document Type: Article

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