Finite-element analysis of tapered steel and fiber-reinforced plastic bridge camera poles

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 611-617

  Jung, Jiwon ^a   Abolmaali, Ali ^a   Choi, Yeol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced plastics; Finite element method; Poles; Steel; Traffic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTIC SOLID ELEMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LOAD DEFORMATION; TAPERED STEEL; TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CANTILEVER BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLES;

STEEL;

EID: 33747464384     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2006)11:5(611)     Document Type: Article

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