Headway modelling for traffic load assessment of short to medium span bridges

Structural Engineer

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 33-36

  OBrien, Eugene J ^a   Caprani, Colin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bridge; Gap; Headway; Load; Modelling; Simulation; Statistics; Traffic; Traffic loads

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; LOAD EFFECTS; REPLACEMENT COSTS; TRAFFIC LOAD ASSESSMENT;

BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRUCKS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 23944469363     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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