Influence of daily and annual thermal variations on integral abutment bridge performance

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 126 I, 2004, Pages 496-505

  Dejong, Jason T ^a   Howey, Dan S ^a   Civjan, Scott A ^a   Brena, Sergio F ^a   Butler, David S ^a   Crovo, Daniel S ^b   Hourani, Nabil ^b   Connors, Peter ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Highway Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge; Integral abutment; Interaction; Soil stiffness; Thermal

Indexed keywords

COSTS; PERFORMANCE; SENSORS; SOILS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INTEGRAL ABUTMENT (IA) BRIDGES; LOADING PATH; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; SOIL STIFFNESS;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE);

EID: 10944231120     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40744(154)35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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