INFLUENCE OF BRIDGE PARAMETERS ON FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF SLAB ON GIRDER BRIDGES Amey V. Bapat Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science In Civil Engineering Elisa D. Sotelino, Chairperson Carin L.Roberts-Wollmann Thomas E. Cousins December 03, 2009 Blacksburg, Va Keywords: Slab on Girder Bridge, Finite Element Analysis, Static, Dynamic Copyright 2009 By Amey V. Bapat