Crowd-related failure of bridges

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 116-123

  Wolmuth, Bill ^a   Surtees, John ^b  

^a Independent Building Investigation Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridges; Failure; Maintenance abd inspector

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

NATURAL DISASTERS;

BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; FAILURE;

EID: 0041519027     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2003.156.3.116     Document Type: Article

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