Load capacity evaluation of existing railway bridges based on robustness quantification

Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-166

  Wisniewski, Dawid ^a   Casas, Joan R ^b   Ghosn, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LOAD CAPACITY; RAILWAY BRIDGES; REDUNDANCY FACTORS;

RAILROAD BRIDGES;

EID: 33646689331     PISSN: 10168664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2749/101686606777962440     Document Type: Article

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