Seven-year field monitoring of four integral abutment bridges

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-64

  Kim, Wooseok ^a   Laman, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Field monitoring; Integral abutment; Long term behavior

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; APPROACH SLABS; AXIAL FORCES; BACKFILL PRESSURE; BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONS; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; CURRENT ANALYSIS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD MONITORING; GIRDER ROTATIONS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTEGRAL ABUTMENT; INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGE; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; PILE AXIAL FORCES; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; THERMAL LOADINGS; TIME-DEPENDENT EFFECTS; TRAFFIC LOADING; WEATHER STATIONS;

AXIAL FLOW; BRIDGES; DESIGN; PILES; THERMAL STRESS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE);

EID: 84858428433     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000250     Document Type: Article

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