Predicting the earth pressure on integral bridge abutments

The soil adjacent to integral bridge abutments experiences daily and annual temperature-induced cyclic loading due to expansion and contraction of the bridge deck. This causes a particular soil response and complicated soil-structure interaction problem, with considerable uncertainties in design. Th...

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Main Authors: Bloodworth, Alan G. (Author), Xu, Ming (Author), Banks, James R (Author), Clayton, Chris R.I (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011-04-25.
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