Bridge Engineering Handbook

An international team of experts has joined forces to produce the Bridge Engineering Handbook. They address all facets-the planning, design, inspection, construction, and maintenance of a variety of bridge structures-creating a must-have resource for every bridge engineer. This unique, comprehensive reference provides the means to review standard practices and keep abreast of new developments and state-of-the-art practices. Comprising 67 chapters in seven sections, the authors present:

Fundamentals: Provides the basic concepts and theory of bridge engineering

Superstructure Design: Discusses all types of bridges

Substructure Design: Addresses columns, piers, abutments, and foundations

Seismic Design: Presents the latest in seismic bridge design

Construction and Maintenance: Focuses on the practical issues of bridge structures

Special Topics: Offers new and important information and unique solutions

Worldwide Practice: Summarizes bridge engineering practices around the world.

Discover virtually all you need to know about any type of bridge:

Reinforced, Segmental, and Prestressed Concrete

Steel beam and plate girder

Steel box girder

Orthotropic deck

Horizontally curved

Truss

Arch

Suspension

Cable-stayed

Timber

Movable

Floating

Railroad

Special attention is given to rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance, and the Bridge Engineering Handbook offers over 1,600 tables, charts, and illustrations in ready-to-use format. An abundance of worked-out examples give readers step-by-step design procedures and the section on Worldwide Practice provides a broad and valuable perspective on the big picture of bridge engineering.

Presents a comprehensive reference on planning, design, inspection, construction, history, aesthetics, and maintenance of a variety of bridge structures. Material is in sections on fundamentals, superstructure, substructure, and seismic design, construction and maintenance, special topics, and worldwide practice. Describes basic concepts and assumptions without detailed derivations of formulas, combining traditional and new practices and focusing on practical solutions. Special attention is given to rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance. An abundance of examples give readers step-by-step design procedures. Includes b&w photos.
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This unique handbook comprehensively covers the major areas of bridge engineering: design, construction, and maintenance. The editors provide a special examination on rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance. Discussions include structural theory, bridge aesthetics, steel box girder bridges, abutments and retaining structures, seismic design of concrete and steel bridges, bridge construction inspection, nonlinear analysis, fatigue and fracture, and international design practices.

Fundamentals.- Structural theory.- Structural analysis of bridges.- Bridge loading.- Bridge aesthetics.- Bridge design theory and philosophies.- Superstructure Design.- Reinforced concrete bridges.- Prestressed concrete bridges.- Segmental bridges.- Steel I-Girder Bridges.- Composite I-Girder Bridges.- Steel box girder bridges.- Curved steel bridges.- Orthotropic deck bridges.- Advanced composite bridges.- Timber bridges.- Truss bridges.- Arch bridges.- Suspension bridges.- Cable-stayed bridges.- Moveable bridges.- Floating bridges.- Deck and bent caps.- Substructure Design.- Pier and columns.- General geotechnical consideration.- Abutments and retaining structures.- Towers.- Shallow foundations.- Foundations over water bridges.- Tunnel structures.- Seismic design.- Dynamic analysis of bridge structures.- Geotechnical Earthquake considerations.- Seismic design of concrete bridges.- Seismic design of steel bridges.- Seismic design of long-span bridges.- Performance-based Seismic design of important bridges.- Seismic retrofit technology.- Seismic retrofit practices in highway bridge.- Advances in bridge seismic design specification.- Bridge seismic design practice in Japan.- Bridge construction and maintenance.- Steel bridge construction.- Concrete bridge construction.- Bridge construction inspection.- Bridge maintenance inspection and rating.- Bridge strengthening and rehabilitation.- Special topics.- Effective length of columns.- Nonlinear analysis of bridge structures.- Experimental analysis of bridge structures.- Weight distribution of steel bridges.- Moving load impact on bridges.- Vessel collision design of bridges.- Fatigue and fracture.- Base isolation and energy dispassion.- Oil structure foundation interaction.- Bridge hydraulics.- Bearings and expansion joints.- Sound walls and railings.- Worldwide Practice.- Bridge design practice in China.- Bridge design practice in Europe.- Bridge design practice in Japan.- Bridge design practice in Russia.- Bridge design practice in United States.