COLUMN-TEST COOPERATIVE PROJECT

THE PURPOSE WAS TO INVESTIGATE SOME STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE BEHAVIOR OF COLUMNS AND COMPRESSION MEMBERS. THESE AROSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER BRIDGE AT LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, AND WERE CONSIDERED TO BE OF SUFFICIENT IMPROTANCE TO WARRANT A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF TESTS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/31/31-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 31, pp 26-35, 2 FIG, 4 POHOT. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • DUCLOS, L
• Publication Date: 1952

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 15-18, 1952
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 31
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Columns; Structural supports
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compression members
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209456
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 1 1971 12:00AM