Assessment of highway bridge upgrading by dynamic testing and finite-element model updating

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-172

  Brownjohn, James Mark William ^a   Moyo, Pilate ^a   Omenzetter, Piotr ^a   Lu, Yong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bridges, highway; Dynamic tests; Finite element method; Rehabilitation; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY ASSESSMENT; DYNAMIC TESTS; SINGAPORE; STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION;

AXLES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REDUNDANCY; STIFFNESS; VEHICLES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 6344247868     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2003)8:3(162)     Document Type: Article

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