FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR PLANE CURVED GIRDERS by William P. Dawkins Research Report Number 56-20 Development of Methods for Computer Simulation of Beam-Columns and Grid-Beam and Slab Systems Research Project 3-5-63-56 conducted for The Texas Highway Department in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration by the CENTER FOR HIGHWAY RESEARCH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN June 1971