Present condition of highway bridges in Vietnam: An analysis of current failure modes and their main causes

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Hai, Dinh Tuan ^a   Yamada, Hitoshi ^a   Katsuchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge; Causes; Failures; Highway; Maintenance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CORROSION FATIGUE; FATIGUE DAMAGE; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; OBSOLESCENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; THEOREM PROVING;

BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; CURRENT STATUS; DATA-RETENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC OVERLOAD; VIET NAM;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42449150410     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470500254774     Document Type: Article

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