Bridge Engineering Handbook

Auteur

Dr. Wai-Fah Chen is a research professor of civil engineering at the University of Hawaii. He earned his BS in civil engineering from the National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, in 1959, MS in structural engineering from Lehigh University in 1963, and PhD in solid mechanics from Brown University in 1966. His interests include constitutive modeling of engineering materials, soil and concrete plasticity, structural connections, and structural stability, and he has received several national engineering awards. In 1995, he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Chen has authored and coauthored more than 20 engineering books and 500 technical papers. He is editor-in-chief for the Civil Engineering Handbook, the Handbook of Structural Engineering, the Earthquake Engineering Handbook, and the Handbook of International Bridge Engineering (CRC Press).

Dr. Lian Duan is a senior bridge engineer and structural steel committee chair with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). He earned his diploma in civil engineering in 1975, MS in structural engineering in 1981 from Taiyuan University of Technology, China, and PhD in structural engineering from Purdue University in 1990. His interests include inelastic behavior of reinforced concrete and steel structures, structural stability, seismic bridge analysis, and design. Dr. Duan has authored and coauthored more than 70 papers, chapters, and reports, and is the coeditor of the Handbook of International Bridge Engineering (CRC Press). He has received several awards, including the prestigious 2001 Arthur M. Wellington Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Texte du rabat

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, Construction and Maintenance, covers construction, inspection, bridge management systems, ratings, and much more.

Résumé

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

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, as well as the 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.

The fifth book, Construction and Maintenance contains 19 chapters, and covers the practical issues of bridge structures.

What's New in the Second Edition:

• Includes nine new chapters: Steel Bridge Fabrication, Cable-Supported Bridge Construction, Accelerated Bridge Construction, Bridge Management Using Pontis and Improved Concepts, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Health Monitoring, Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Bridge Elements, Life-Cycle Performance Analysis and Optimization, and Bridge Construction Methods
• Rewrites the Bridge Construction Inspection chapter and retitles it as: Bridge Construction Supervision and Inspection
• Expands and rewrites the Maintenance Inspection and Rating chapter into three chapters: Bridge Inspection, Steel Bridge Evaluation and Rating, and Concrete Bridge Evaluation and Rating; and the Strengthening and Rehabilitation chapter into two chapters: Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Highway Bridge Superstructures, and Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks

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.

Contenu

Steel Bridge Construction. Steel Bridge Fabrication. Concrete Bridge Construction. Cable-Supported Bridge Construction. Cable Force Adjustment and Construction Control. Substructures of Major Overwater Bridges. Accelerated Bridge Construction. Bridge Construction Supervision and Inspection. Bridge Management Using Pontis and Improved Concepts. Bridge Health Monitoring. Bridge Maintenance. Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Bridge Elements. Bridge Inspection. Steel Bridge Evaluation and Rating. Concrete Bridge Evaluation and Rating. Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Highway Bridge Superstructures. Rehabilitation of Strengthening of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks. Life-Cycle Performance Analysis and Optimization. Bridge Construction Methods. Index.