Analytical and field investigation of lateral load disribution in concrete slab-on-girder bridges

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 590-599

  Shahawy, Mohsen ^c   Huang, Dongzhou ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bending moment; Bridges; Loading; Span

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LATERAL LOADS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0035412979     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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