Performance evaluation of jointless bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 276-289

  Thippeswamy, Hemanth K ^a   GangaRao, Hota V S ^a,b   Franco, Jason M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Civil Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Bridge design; Evaluation; Joints

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DESIGN; JOINTLESS BRIDGES; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; TRUCK LOADING;

BRIDGE BEARINGS; EVALUATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOADS (FORCES); SHRINKAGE; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL STRESS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 0141709578     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2002)7:5(276)     Document Type: Article

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