Probabilistic fatigue and fracture analysis of steel bridges

Structural Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-262

  Cheung, M S ^a   Li, W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Finite strip method; Fracture; Reliability; Steel bridges

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RELIABILITY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

FINITE STRIP ANALYSIS;

STEEL BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; STEEL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037411070     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(02)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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