Seismic performance of reinforced concrete bridges with unconventional configurations

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 717-726

  Saiidi, M Saiid ^a   Moore, Ryan T ^b   Itani, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b J Muller International   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Ductility; Seismic; Shear; Short column

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SEISMIC RESPONSE;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

EID: 0035470488     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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