Parapet Load Distribution to the Bearing Pads of Prestressed Concrete Girders in a Simple Span Bridge

In current bridge engineering an idealized model is used to apply the parapet load to the bearing pads of a bridge. In this idealized model it is assumed that the parapet load is evenly distributed across all of the bridge bearing pads. However, this assumption is incorrect. The purpose of this stud...

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Main Author: Austiff, Calvin
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2014
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1548
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2562&context=theses