Required separation distance between decks and at abutments of a bridge crossing a canyon site to avoid seismic pounding.
Major earthquakes in the past indicated that pounding between bridge decks may result in significant structural damage or even girder unseating. With conventional expansion joints, it is impossible to completely avoid seismic pounding between bridge decks, because the gap size at expansion joints is...
| Published in: | Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 39, 3 (2010). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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