Title: EBEF METHOD FOR DISTORTIONAL ANALYSIS OF STEEL BOX GIRDER BRIDGES. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE
Abstract: A discussion of a paper with the aforementioned title by Hsu, Fu, and Schelling, published in this journal (Volume 121, Number 3, March 1995), is presented. Discussers Cortinez and Piovan report that the EBEF method for the distortional analysis of box girder bridges proposed by the authors is more versatile than the traditional beam on elastic foundation (BEF) analysis because it can be applied with great simplicity to more complex problems, such as varied sections and multispan beams. Cortinez and Piovan present an alternative finite-element (FE) formulation, based on exact solution, that is more convenient, for some situations, than the authors' approach. Discussion is followed by closure from the authors.
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
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