Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Fundamentals
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Features
- Covers the fundamentals of bridge engineering, including conceptual bridge design, aesthetics, modeling, wind effects, and active control
- Supplies numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures
- Includes contributions by leading experts in bridge engineering from around the world
- Contains new chapters covering design specifications as well as concrete, steel, and timber design
Summary
The second edition of the bestselling Bridge Engineering Handbook covers virtually all the information an engineer would need to know about any type of bridge—from planning to construction to maintenance. It contains more than 1,600 tables, charts, and illustrations in a practical ready-to-use format, and an abundance of worked-out examples give readers numerous step-by-step design procedures. Special attention is given to rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance, and coverage includes seismic design, building materials, and more. Extensively updated and featuring several new chapters, this volume, Fundamentals, covers aesthetics, planning, design specifications, structural modeling, fatigue and fracture, and much more.
Table of Contents
Conceptual Bridge Design
Aesthetics - Basics
Aesthetics - Structural Art
Planning of Major Fixed Links
Highway Bridge Design Specifications
Railway Bridge Design Specifications
High Speed Rail Bridges Specifications
Structural Theory
Structural Modeling
Concrete Design
Steel Design
Timber Design
Application of Advanced Composites
Effective Length of Compression Members
Fatigue and Fracture
Weight Distribution of Steel Bridges
Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges
Active Control in Bridge Engineering
Sound Walls and Railings
