Energy dissipating restrainers for highway bridges

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-69

  Kim, J M ^a   Feng, M Q ^b   Shinozuka, M ^c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge; Earthquake; Energy dissipating; Expansion joint; Restrainer

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPANSION JOINTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

RESTRAINERS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DAMPING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0342470619     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(99)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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