Description:
This second edition combines an explanation of background theory with a step-by-step guide on the analysis of common bridge forms. It includes practical examples of everyday problems in bridge engineering--particularly useful for senior undergraduates and new engineering graduates. The new edition introduces reliability analysis, an emerging area that allows bridge engineers to assess risk when maintaining older or damaged bridges in service. Other chapters are updated to reflect the trend towards more sophisticated analysis and the more widespread access to finite element software.
Review Quotes:
"This book is very useful for both teaching and designing purposes."
--Dr. Stergios Mitouls, University of Surrey, UK
"A book of this type risks being accused of being superficial to the expert and overly complex to the graduate. This is not the case.... A worthy successor to Hambly's Bridge Deck Behaviour."
--Richard Cooke, Proceedings of the ICE: Bridge Engineering