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Blast-Resistant Highway Bridges: Design and Detailing Guidelines

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 645, Blast-Resistant Highway Bridges: Design and Detailing Guidelines explores code-ready language containing general design guidance and a simplified design procedure for blast-resistant reinforced concrete bridge columns. The report also examines the results of experimental blast tests and analytical research on reinforced concrete bridge columns designed to investigate the effectiveness of a variety of different design techniques.

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    TRB Publication Type: NCHRP Report


This Summary Last Modified On: 4/22/2011


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