NATIONAL

CENTER FOR
EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING
RESEARCH
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Seismic Energy Based Fatigue Damage

Analysis of Bridge Columns:
Part 1 - Evaluation of Seismic Capacity

by

G.A. Chang and J.B. Mander

Technical Report NCEER-94-0006

March 14, 1994

This research was conducted at the University at Buffalo, State University of New
York and was supported by the Federal Highway Administration under contract
number DTFH61-92-C-00106, the National Science Foundation under Grant No. BCS
90-25010 and the New York State Science and Technology Foundation under Grant No.
NEC-91029.
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