Contenido Bridge Engineering Handbook. Fundamentals

Features
•Covers every facet of bridge engineering: fundamentals, superstructure and substructure design, construction, maintenance, and more
•Offers an entire volume on seismic implications, from design to analysis of damage, to retrofitting of existing steel and reinforced concrete bridge structures
•Contains numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures
•Brings together contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering
•Includes updates throughout and 26 completely new chapters

Summary
Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection provides detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subject, and also highlights bridges from around the world.

Published in five books: Fundamentals, Superstructure Design, Substructure Design, Seismic Design, and Construction and Maintenance, this new edition provides numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures, includes contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering, contains 26 completely new chapters, and updates most other chapters. It offers design concepts, specifications, and practice, and presents various types of bridges. The text includes over 2,500 tables, charts, illustrations, and photos. The book covers new, innovative and traditional methods and practices; explores rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance; and examines seismic design and building materials.

This text is an ideal reference for practicing bridge engineers and consultants (design, construction, maintenance), and can also be used as a reference for students in bridge engineering courses.

Contents

Conceptual Design

Man-Chung Tang

Aesthetics: Basics

Fritz Leonhardt

Bridge Aesthetics: Achieving Structural Art in Bridge Design

Frederick Gottemoeller

Planning of Major Fixed Links

Erik Yding Andersen, Lars Hauge, and Dietrich L Hommel

Highway Bridge Design Specifications

John M Kulicki

Highway Bridge Loads and Load Distribution

Susan E Hida

Railroad Bridge Design Specifications

Donald F Sorgenfrei, Ward N Marianos, Jr, and Robert AP Sweeney

High-Speed Railway Bridges

Jeder Hseih and Fu-Hsiang Wu

Structural Performance Indicators for Bridges

Dan M Frangopol and Duygu Saydam

Structural Theory

Xila Liu and Leiming Zhang

Finite Element Method

Eiki Yamaguchi

Structural Modeling

Alexander Krimotat and Hassan Sedarat

Concrete Design

Monte Smith

Steel Design

James A Swanson

Timber Design

Kenneth J Fridley and Lian Duan

Application of Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Bridges

D Svecova, A Mufti, and B Bakht

High Performance Steel

Eiki Yamaguchi

Effective Length of Compression Members

Lian Duan, Honggang Lei, and Wai-Fah Chen

Fatigue and Fracture

Robert J Dexter, John W Fisher, and Sougata Roy

Weight Distributions of Highway Steel Bridges

Shouji Toma

Design and Damage Evaluation Methods for Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Impact Loading

Norimitsu Kishi

Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges

Steve CS Cai, Wei Zhang, and Serge Montens

Index