Investigation of extreme environmental conditions and design thermal gradients during construction for prestressed concrete bridge girders

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 547-556

  Lee, Jong Han ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

AASHTO PCI standard girder; Finite element; Heat transfer; Prestressed concrete girder; Solar radiation; Temperature distribution; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT FLOW; PRESTRESSED GIRDER; TRANSVERSE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

FORECASTING; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIFICATIONS; SUN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 84876807406     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000277     Document Type: Article

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