Characteristic traffic load effects from a mixture of loading events on short to medium span bridges

Structural Safety

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-404

  Caprani, Colin C ^a   OBrien, Eugene J ^b   McLachlan, Geoff J ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bridge; Extreme value; Load; Statistics; Traffic

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EXTREME VALUE; LOAD ASSESSMENT;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 44449134626     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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