ABSTRACT
NON-LINEAR NUMERICAL MODELLING OF SLENDER BRIDGE PIERS Design of slender bridge piers
W.B. CRANSTON and C.J. TOOTH Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, The University of Paisley, Paisley, UK
Abstract The provisions of BS5400 for the design of slender reinforced concrete piers are conservative. As an alternative, rigorous numerical methods of analysis can be used which more accurately model the behaviour and lead to a more efficient design.
