Effect of soil and substructure properties on live-load distribution in integral abutment bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 527-539

  Dicleli, Murat ^a,b   Erhan, Semih ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ASCE ^*

Author keywords

Bridge abutments; Live loads; Load distribution; Soil structure interaction

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PILES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BRIDGE ABUTMENTS; FOUNDATION SOILS; INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGES; LIVE LOADS; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; LOAD DISTRIBUTION FACTORS; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; LOAD EFFECTS; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE);

EID: 49749135785     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2008)13:5(527)     Document Type: Article

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