Assessment of a steel-free fiber reinforced polymer-composite modular bridge system

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 498-506

  Cheng, Lijuan ^a   Zhao, Lei ^b   Karbhari, Vistasp M ^a   Hegemier, Gilbert A ^a   Seible, Frieder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Bridges, girder; Fiber reinforced polymers

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT; MOMENT-CURVATURE ANALYSIS; PLY-BY-PLY FAILURE METHODOLOGY;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING STRENGTH; BRIDGE DECKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 14544291102     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:3(498)     Document Type: Article

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