Seismic displacement analysis of free-standing highway bridge abutments

Journal of GeoEngineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bridge abutment; Newmark's sliding block method; Pseudo static method; Seismic design; Seismic displacement

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); DESIGN; EMBANKMENT DAMS; FAULTING; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC DESIGN;

ASEISMIC DESIGN; DESIGN EARTHQUAKES; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; PASSIVE RESISTANCE; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PSEUDOSTATIC METHOD; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SLIDING BLOCK METHOD;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 34948841916     PISSN: 19908326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6310/jog.2006.1(1).4     Document Type: Article

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