Reliability analysis of suspension bridges against fatigue failure from the gusting of wind

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-271

  Pourzeynali, Saeid ^a   Datta, T K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bridges, suspension; Buffeting; Fatigue; Reliability analysis; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUFFETING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FATIGUE FAILURE; FIRST-ORDER SECOND-MOMENT (FOSM); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

EID: 18144379765     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2005)10:3(262)     Document Type: Article

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