Extreme thermal loading on steel bridges in tropical region

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 357-366

  Tong, Man ^a   Tham, Leslie G ^a   Au, Francis T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bridges, steel; Heat transfer; Temperature; Thermal gradients

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL LOAD; THERMAL STRESS;

HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; THERMAL BEHAVIOR;

STEEL BRIDGES;

EID: 13844271559     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2002)7:6(357)     Document Type: Article

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