Seismic performance evaluation of steel arch bridges against major eathquakes. Part 1: Dynamic analysis approach

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1337-1354

  Usami, Tsutomu ^a   Lu, Zhihao ^a   Ge, Hanbin ^a   Kono, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inelastic behavior; Major earthquake; Seismic performance evaluation method; Steel arch bridge; Time history analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMOLOGY; STEEL BRIDGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTIONS; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; STEEL ARCH BRIDGES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

BRIDGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 7744243248     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.407     Document Type: Article

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