Composite Action in Steel Girder Bridge Superstructures Subjected to Transverse Earthquake Loading

• Published in: Transportation research record Vol. 1814; no. 1; pp. 243 - 252
• Main Authors: Carden, Lyle P., Itani, Ahmad M., Buckle, Ian G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 2002

Experiments are being performed on a 0.4 scale model of a steel girder bridge superstructure with a reinforced concrete deck to investigate means of improving the seismic performance of typical slab and girder bridges. During the early stages of experimentation, the need to understand the influence...