Structural performance of precast/prestressed bridge double-tee girders made of high-strength concrete, welded wire reinforcement, and 18-mm-diameter strands

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1053-1061

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONS; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PRESTRESSING STRANDS; SPAN-TO-DEPTH RATIO; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA; WELDED-WIRE REINFORCEMENT;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; REINFORCEMENT; WELDING; WIRE;

BRIDGES;

EID: 84884611225     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000458     Document Type: Article

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