Vibration characteristic of a fiber-reinforced polymer bridge superstructure

Composite Structures

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 467-474

  Aref, Amjad J ^a   Alampalli, Sreenivas ^b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b Structures Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced polymers; Finite element analysis; Modular skewed bridge; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE; JOINT DEGRADATION;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BRIDGE; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; TESTING; VIBRATION;

EID: 0035337953     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(01)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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