Procedures for the assessment of highway structures

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-25

  O'Brien, Eugene J ^a   Žnidarič, Aleš ^b   Brady, Ken ^c,d   González, Arturo ^a   O'Connor, Alan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

^d TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bridges codes of practice; Standards

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY BRIDGES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BURIED STRUCTURES; EARTH-RETAINING WALLS; HIGHWAY STRUCTURES; ROAD BRIDGES;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRIDGE; DESIGN; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA; WORLD;

EID: 13844264421     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.2005.158.1.17     Document Type: Article

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