High performance precast, pretensioned concrete girder bridges in Washington state

PCI Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 28-52

  Weigel, J A ^a   Seguirant, Stephen J ^b   Brice, Richard ^a   Khaleghi, Bijan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b Marine and Heavy Construction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CRACK INITIATION; CREEP; DURABILITY; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SHRINKAGE;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (HPC);

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 0037363885     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.03012003.28.52     Document Type: Review

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