Highway bridge live loading assessment and load carrying capacity estimation using a health monitoring system

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 609-626

  Moyo, Pilate ^a   Brownjohn, James Mark William ^b   Omenzetter, Piotr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bridge assessment; Bridge live loading; Extreme value statistics; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; HEALTH CARE; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BRIDGE ASSESSMENT; BRIDGE LIVE LOADING; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ELECTRIC LOADS;

EID: 6344243463     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2004.18.5.609     Document Type: Article

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