Evaluation of seasonal and yearly behavior of an integral abutment bridge

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-305

  Breña, Sergio F ^a   Bonczar, Christine H ^b   Civjan, Scott A ^a   DeJong, Jason T ^c   Crovo, Daniel S ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Simpson Gumpertz and Heger Inc   (United States)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

^d 3101 Engineering III ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge abutments; Bridges; Continuous; Monitoring; Piles; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENT DEFORMATION RESPONSE; CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT;

DATA ACQUISITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PILES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE);

EID: 34247222666     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2007)12:3(296)     Document Type: Article

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