Predicted and measured performance of prestressed concrete bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-13

  Cai, Chun S ^a,b   Shahawy, Mohsen ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c SDR Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge inspection; Bridges; Concrete; Finite element method; Measurement; Prestressed; Tests

Indexed keywords

BEARING STIFFNESS; BRIDGE INSPECTION; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; SKEW ANGLES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

EID: 13844276300     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2004)9:1(4)     Document Type: Article

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