Supplemental system retrofit considerations for braced steel bridge piers

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 497-517

  Berman, Jeffrey W ^a   Bruneau, Michel ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation devices; Retrofit braced piers; Truss bridges; Unbonded braces

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE; STEEL BRIDGES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRUSSES;

BRACED PIERS; OVERTURNING DISPLACEMENTS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENTS; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

BRIDGE PIERS;

BRIDGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 15844428712     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.448     Document Type: Article

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