Investigating Wave Forces on Coastal Bridge Decks

Tsunamis and hurricane induced waves are responsible for many coastal bridge failures, especially in the last decade. In the current study, three countermeasures (reducing the entrapped air, elevating the structures and rigidifying the structures) are considered, two wave types (solitary wave theory...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xu, Guoji
Other Authors: He, Shan
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2015
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06232015-110945/