Development of live-load distribution factors for glued-laminated timber girder bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Fanous, Fouad ^a   May, Jeremy ^b   Wipf, Terry ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Kiewit   (United States)

Author keywords

Design specification; Glued laminated bridges; Live load distribution; Timber bridges

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BRIDGE DESIGN; BRIDGE SPANS; DECK PANEL; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; FIELD TEST; FINITE-ELEMENT PROGRAMS; GIRDER BRIDGES; GLUED-LAMINATED BRIDGES; GLUED-LAMINATED TIMBER; LAMINATED GIRDERS; LIVE LOADS; LIVE-LOAD DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER BRIDGE; TIMBER BRIDGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLUING; LAMINATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; SPECIFICATIONS; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS; WOODEN BRIDGES;

TIMBER;

EID: 79952305574     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000127     Document Type: Article

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