A new concept of isolation bearings for highway steel bridges using shape memory alloys

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 957-967

  Choi, Eunsoo ^a   Nam, Tae Hyun ^b   Cho, Baik Soon ^c  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Isolation device; Lead rubber bearings; Residual deformation; Seismic bridge analysis; Shape memory alloy

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; LEAD; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

GROUND MOTION; ISOLATION DEVICE; LEAD-RUBBER BEARINGS; RESIDUAL DEFORMATION; SEISMIC BRIDGE ANALYSIS;

STEEL BRIDGES;

BRIDGE;

EID: 29144460871     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-049     Document Type: Article

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