Load-carrying capacity of flooded masonry arch bridges

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Hulet, Kent M ^a   Smith, Colin C ^b   Gibert, Matthew ^b  

^a Robert Silman Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickworks masonry; Bridges; Floods floodworks

Indexed keywords

BRICKWORKS; FLOODWORKS; WATERPROOFED BRIDGES;

FLOOD CONTROL; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WATERPROOFING;

ARCH BRIDGES;

EID: 33748308780     PISSN: 14784637     EISSN: 17517664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/bren.2006.159.3.97     Document Type: Article

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