Misprediction of long-time deflections of prestressed box girders: Causes, remedies and tendon layout effect

Creep, Shrinkage and Durability Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures - Proceedings of the 8th Int. Conference on Creep, Shrinkage and Durability Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1291-1295

  Kristek V ^a   Vrablik L ^a   Bazant Z P ^b   Li, G Hua ^b   Yu, Q ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOX GIRDER; CREEP ANALYSIS; MODEL UPDATING; PRE-STRESSED; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BOX GIRDER; SHEAR LAG; SHRINKAGE MODEL;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOX GIRDER BRIDGES; CREEP; DURABILITY; MECHANICS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; SHRINKAGE; TENDONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79952356982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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