Proof testing in support of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 369-391

  Seible, Frieder ^a   Dazio, Alessandro ^b   Restrepo, José I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concrete piers; Design; Proof testing; San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge; Steel shear links

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TRUSSES;

PROOF TESTING; SEISMIC VULNERABILITY; SELF-ANCHORED SUSPENSIONS (SAS); TOUCHDOWN STRUCTURES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

BRIDGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15844387101     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.445     Document Type: Article

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