Parametric study on performance of bridge retrofitted by unseating prevention devices

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Liu, Kuang Yen ^a   Chang, Kuo Chun ^a  

^a TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Column jacketing; Displacement ductility; Nonlinear time history analyses; Performance based bridge design; Restrainer; Shear key; Unseating prevention device

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CONCRETES; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; RUBBER; SHEAR STRENGTH;

COLUMN JACKETING; DISPLACEMENT DUCTILITY; NONLINEAR TIME HISTORY ANALYSES; RESTRAINER; UNSEATING PREVENTION DEVICE;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 38949119027     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-006-0603-4     Document Type: Article

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