Estimating fatigue life of bridge components using measured strains

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 725-736

  Alampalli, Sreenivas ^a   Lund, Ryan ^a  

^a New York State Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges, steel; Evaluation; Fatigue life; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE COMPONENT; FATIGUE DURABILITY; FATIGUE EVALUATION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS;

BRIDGES; DEGRADATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RETROFITTING; SPECIFICATIONS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33750143347     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2006)11:6(725)     Document Type: Article

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