Reliability of long span bridges based on design experience with the Honshu-Shikoku bridges

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 373-392

  Frangopol, Dan M ^a   Imai, Kiyohiro ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b Honshu Shikoku Bridge Authority   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridges; Earthquake; Finite element; Geometrically nonlinear analysis; Long span bridges; Steel bridges; Structural reliability; Suspension bridges; System reliability; Wind

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAINTENANCE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SPAN BRIDGES;

BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DESIGN; EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE; MAINTENANCE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0347355376     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(03)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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