Flexural behavior of two-span continuous prestressed concrete girders with highly eccentric external tendons

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 402-411

  Aravinthan, Thiru ^a   Witchukreangkrai, Eakarat ^b   Mutsuyoshi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexure; Girders; Prestressed concrete

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; PRESTRESSING;

ECCENTRICITY; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 20544463933     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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