Improved geometric design of bridge asphalt plug joints

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-165

  Park, Philip ^a   El Tawil, Sherif ^a   Park, Sang Yeol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Bridge; Design; Expansion; Failure; Finite element method; Joint; Stress concentration; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EARLY FAILURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAILURE; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; JOINT; KEY PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; PLATE EDGES; PLATE THICKNESS; PLATE WIDTH; PREMATURE FAILURES; SURFACE FLATNESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL LOADINGS; VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

ASPHALT; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VISCOSITY;

BRIDGES;

EID: 78650345927     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000121     Document Type: Article

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