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Computer Programs for Bridge Deck Analysis

Powell, Graham H.; Buckle, Ian G.

UCB/SESM-1970/06, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-04, 306 pages

Discusses the ways in which bridge decks can be idealized for analysis purposes and then presents computer programs for programs based on ribbed plate, equivalent thin plate, equivalent grid, and equivalent isolated girder idealizations.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-70-06.pdf (56 MB)