Seismic design of bridges for prevention of girder pounding

Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 133-141

  Hao, H ^a   Chouw, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Modular expansion joint; Pounding prevention; Separation distance; Soil structure interaction; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DESIGN; EARTHQUAKES; EXPANSION; EXPANSION JOINTS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; MODULAR EXPANSION JOINTS; POUNDING PREVENTION; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SIMULTANEOUS EFFECTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIALLY VARYING GROUND EXCITATION; VIBRATION PROPERTIES;

BRIDGES;

EID: 84892373448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14439255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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