An assessment of modeling strategies for composite curved steel I-girder bridges

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2991-3002

  Chang, Ching Jen ^a   White, Donald W ^b  

^a Computers and Structures Inc ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Curved bridge; Grid model; Modeling strategies; Steel I girder; Thin walled beam; Torsional constant

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BRIDGES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; METAL ANALYSIS; STEEL; STEEL BRIDGES; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPOSITE; CURVED BRIDGE; GRID MODEL; MODELING STRATEGIES; THIN-WALLED BEAM; TORSIONAL CONSTANT;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BRIDGE; COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 54949149521     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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