Bridge Engineering: Rehabilitation, and Maintenance of Modern Highway Bridges

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McGraw Hill Professional, 2007 - Architecture - 488 pages
The very latest coverage of the enitre bridge engineering process

Written for new and experienced highway engineers, this master resource offers the most complete and practical treatment available for every aspect of highway bridge design, rehabilitation, and maintenance. From initial concept all the way to final contract documentation preparation, Bridge Engineering presents a clear and detailed road map to the entire bridge engineering process.

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Demetrios E. Tonias
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AASHTO LRFD Specifications AASHTO Standard Specifications abutment AISC Allowable Stress Design as-built plans axle bending bending moment box girder bridge deck bridge design bridge engineer calculated coefficient components composite section COMPOSITE STEEL compression computed concrete deck slab concrete slab construction cover plate cross section dead load deck joints deformation DESIGN EXAMPLE Equation Figure flange highway bridge horizontal impact impact factor inspection interior stringer lane load limit states design live load live load distribution load combination load distribution factor load factor located longitudinal material maximum moment of inertia orthotropic deck pier plate girder prestressed concrete primary members railing rehabilitation reinforced concrete reinforcing steel resist rolled beam secondary members shear connectors shear stud sidebar span length STEP stiffeners strength stress design stringer substructure elements superstructure thickness timber tion top flange traffic Transportation transverse typically vehicle vertical wearing surface weathering steel welded wheel load

References to this book

Design of Bridge Structures
M. A. Jayaram
No preview available - 2004

About the author (2007)

Jim Zhao, PhD, PEng, PE, F.ASCEMr. Zhao is the manager and technical lead of Bridge Engineering at AMEC. He has 28 years of experience throughout the US and Canada with steel, concrete and prestressed concrete structure design and finite element analysis, structural dynamic analysis and seismic design, structural fatigue analysis and remaining life prediction, structural condition survey and rehabilitation, long span bridge design, international project management, design-build concept and management, and project risk management. His previous positions included GM-international operations for JSTI, and chief engineer at WBCM. He received his degrees from Tongji University, University of Ottawa, University of Quebec, and Bryson University. He is a member of ACI/ASCE committee 423 Prestressed Concrete, and ACI/ASCE Committee 343 Concrete Bridge Design. He is the past-president of SEI MD Chapter, and is a fellow of ASCE. He has been teaching Bridge Rehabilitation on behave of ASCE since 2000.

Bibliographic information

TitleBridge Engineering: Rehabilitation, and Maintenance of Modern Highway Bridges
AuthorsDemetrios E. Tonias, Jim J. Zhao
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2007
ISBN0071459030, 9780071459037
Length488 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Architecture / Interior Design / General
Technology & Engineering / Civil / Bridges
Technology & Engineering / Civil / General
  
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