Behavior of 48-year-old double-tee bridge girders made with lightweight concrete

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Pettigrew, Christopher S ^a   Barr, Paul J ^a   Maguire, Marc ^a   Halling, Marv W ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; PLATE GIRDER BRIDGES;

CONCRETE BRIDGE GIRDERS; EFFECTIVE PRESTRESS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PUNCHING SHEAR CAPACITY; PUNCHING SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL HEALTH; UTAH STATE UNIVERSITIES;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

EID: 84983292989     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000921     Document Type: Article

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