Integral abutment bridge behavior: Parametric analysis of a massachusetts bridge

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-71

  Civjan, Scott A ^a   Bonczar, Christine ^b   Brena, Sergio F ^a   Dejong, Jason ^c   Crovo, Daniel ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b SIMPSON GUMPERTZ AND HEGER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Highway Dept ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge abutments; Bridge foundations; Bridges, continuous; Finite element method; Soil pressure; Soil pile interaction; Soil structure interaction

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS; CONTINUOUS BRIDGES; MASSACHUSETTS BRIDGES; SOIL PILE INTERACTION; SOIL PRESSURE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PILES; SOILS;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE);

EID: 33845805236     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2007)12:1(64)     Document Type: Article

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