Live load radial moment distribution for horizontally curved bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 727-736

  Kim, Woo Seok ^a   Laman, Jeffrey A ^a   Linzell, Daniel G ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges, steel; Curvature; Finite element method; Live loads; Load distribution

Indexed keywords

CURVED GIRDERS; LIVE LOAD RADIAL MOMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING MOMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STEEL BRIDGES;

EID: 35348854950     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2007)12:6(727)     Document Type: Article

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