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Computer Program for Curved Bridges on Flexible Bents

Kabir, Ahmad F.; Scordelis, Alex C.

UCB/SESM-1974/10, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-09-01, 171 pages

A computer program for the analysis of continuous prismatic folded plate structures which are circular in plan and may have up to twelve flexible interior diaphragms or supports. The folded plate structure is considered to be an assemblage of orthotropic plate elements. Each plate is idealized by a number of circumferential finite strips.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-74-10.pdf (8 MB)