Analysis of critical gusset plates in the collapsed I-35W Bridge

Proceedings of the 2009 Structures Congress - Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2159-2168

  Liao, Minmao ^a   Okazaki, Taichiro ^a   Ballarini, Roberto ^a   Schultz, Arturo E ^a   Galambos, Theodore V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; GUSSET PLATES; GUSSET-PLATE CONNECTIONS; INADEQUATE DESIGN; LARGE SHEAR; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARDS; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; STAGED CONSTRUCTION; STRESS AND STRAIN;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 69949120565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41031(341)237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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