Flexural response of continuous concrete beams prestressed with external tendons

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 525-537

  Lou, Tiejiong ^a   Lopes, Sergio M R ^a   Lopes, Adelino V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Continuous structures; Numerical analysis; Prestressing; Structural behavior; Tendons

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS STRUCTURES; EXTERNALLY PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAM; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FULL-RANGE ANALYSIS; MOMENT REDISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRESTRESSING FORCES; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; PRESTRESSING; TENDONS; WIRE;

LOADING;

EID: 84877754140     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000392     Document Type: Article

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