Design, test and field application of a GFRP corrugated-core sandwich bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2814-2824

  Ji, Hyo Seon ^a   Song, Wenchao ^a   Ma, Zhongguo John ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Design process; Dynamic effects; FE analysis; Field tests; GFRP corrugated core sandwich

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DESIGN PROCESS; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; FE ANALYSIS; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD TEST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; LIVE LOADS;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS; LOAD TESTING;

BRIDGES;

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN METHOD; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING TEST;

KOREA;

EID: 77955513540     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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