Nonlinear finite element analyses of con
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S Sritharan; M.J Nigel Priestley; Frieder Seible
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Following widespread damage to bridge joints in the San Francisco region from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the necessity for establishing an alternative method for seismic design of bridge joints was identi"ed. Recognizing that conventional joint design practice based directly on shear forces re