Time-Variant Performance Assessment and Improvement of Existing Bridges

The serviceability and safety of buildings and bridges are expected to be maintained within a reasonable safety level throughout their lifetimes. However, the increase of the applied loads and degradation of structural performances reduce the safety of these structures over time. Therefore, the perf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xia, Miao
Other Authors: Cai, Steve
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04132013-022208/