Welded-wire reinforcement versus random steel fibers in precast, prestressed concrete bridge girders

PCI Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Morcous, George ^a   Maguire, Marc ^b   Tadros, Maher K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Econstruct USA LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge; Girder; High performance concrete; HPC; Shear capacity; Steel fibers; UHPC; Ultra high Performance concrete; Welded wire reinforcement; WWR

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BRIDGES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; PRECAST CONCRETE; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR FLOW; STEEL FIBERS; WELDING; WIRE;

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS; BRIDGE APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; REINFORCED HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE GIRDER; SHEAR CAPACITY; UHPC; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES; WELDED-WIRE REINFORCEMENT;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

EID: 79957822763     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.03012011.113.129     Document Type: Review

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