Caltrans' New Seismic Design Criteria for Bridges

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 285-307

  Yashinsky, Mark ^a   Ostrom, Thomas ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ELASTIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC DESIGN;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038445748     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1586112     Document Type: Article

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