Live-Load Testing and Long-Term Monitoring of the Varina-Enon Bridge: Investigating Thermal Distress

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Maguire, Marc ^a   Roberts Wollmann, Carin ^b   Cousins, Tommy ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete box girder bridge; Cracking; Segmental bridge; Thermal distress; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

BOX GIRDER BRIDGES; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CRACK INITIATION; LOAD TESTING; STEEL BRIDGES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CONCRETE BOX GIRDER BRIDGE; CRACK DISPLACEMENTS; FLEXURAL CRACKS; GRADIENT MAGNITUDE; LONG TERM MONITORING; SEGMENTAL BRIDGE; THERMAL DISTRESS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CRACKS;

EID: 85040571680     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001200     Document Type: Article

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