Performance of concrete bridge columns under shaketable excitation

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 438-444

  Laplace, Patrick N ^a   Sanders, David H ^a   Saiidi, M Saiid ^a   Douglas, Bruce M ^a   El Azazy, Saad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Column; Reinforced concrete; Tests

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGES; DUCTILITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRAIN RATE; TESTING;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE COLUMNS;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 20544451808     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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