Load test of a plain concrete arch railway bridge of 20-m span

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 661-667

  Marefat, Mohammad S ^a   Ghahremani Gargary, Esmaeel ^a   Ataei, Shervan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Load tests; Masonry bridge; Plain concrete arch; Railway bridge

Indexed keywords

BRICK CONSTRUCTION; CARBONATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; CRACK INITIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOAD TESTING; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

LOAD TESTS; MASONRY BRIDGE; PLAIN CONCRETE ARCH; RAILWAY BRIDGES;

ARCH BRIDGES;

EID: 3242775499     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2004.04.025     Document Type: Article

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