Evaluation of a noncomposite steel girder bridge through live-load field testing

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 690-699

  Breña, Sergio F ^a   Jeffrey, Andrew E ^b   Civjan, Scott A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Simpson Gumpertz and Heger   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge tests; Continuous bridges; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE; BRIDGE TESTS; CONTINUOUS BRIDGES; CONTINUOUS GIRDERS; EVALUATION; FIELD EVALUATION; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; NON-COMPOSITE STEEL GIRDERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LOADING; MODELS; PLATE GIRDER BRIDGES; TRUCKS;

LOAD TESTING;

EID: 84878954600     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000398     Document Type: Article

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