Validated analysis and strengthening of a 19th century railway bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 783-792

  Ermopoulos, John ^a   Spyrakos, Constantine C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bridge strengthening; Field measurements; Railway steel bridge

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STEEL BRIDGES; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

BRIDGE STRENGTHENING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; RAILWAY STEEL BRIDGE;

RAILROAD BRIDGES;

DYNAMIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RAILROAD BRIDGES; STEEL BRIDGES; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

BRIDGE; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 30844460778     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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