Influence of secondary elements and deck cracking on the lateral load distribution of steel girder bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-187

  Chung, Wonseok ^a   Liu, Judy ^b   Sotelino, Elisa D ^c  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Bridges, girder; Bridges, steel; Cracking; Finite element method; Lateral loads; Load distribution

Indexed keywords

CRACKING; LOAD DISTRIBUTION;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STEEL BRIDGES;

BRIDGE DECKS;

EID: 32944462417     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2006)11:2(178)     Document Type: Article

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