Accelerometers for bridge load testing

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Chowdhury, Mostafiz R ^a,b   Ray, James C ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge evaluation; Load testing; NDE

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BEARING CAPACITY; BRIDGES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACKS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REPAIR; RETROFITTING;

LOAD RATINGS;

LOAD TESTING;

EID: 0037409457     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(02)00068-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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