Effects of spatially variable ground motions on the seismic response of a skewed, multi-span, RC highway bridge

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 7-10, 2005, Pages 729-740

  Lou, L ^a   Zerva, A ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear and nonlinear models; Seismic response; Skewed, reinforced concrete bridges; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPATIALLY VARIABLE GROUND MOTIONS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

BRIDGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 24344496993     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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