System reliability models for girder bridges

Transportation Research Board - 6th International Bridge Engineering Conference: Reliability, Security, and Sustainability in Bridge Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 79-85

  Nowak, Andrzej S ^a   Czarnecki, Artur A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRIDGES; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BRIDGE STRUCTURES; RESISTANCE PARAMETERS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645003747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3141/trr.11s.t1876q58703k2514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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