As known each bridge presents a unique set of design construction and maintenance
challenges. The designer must determine the appropriate methods and level of refinement
necessary to design and analyze each bridge on a case-by-case basis. The Innovative Bridge
Design Handbook: Construction Rehabilitation and Maintenance encompasses the state of the art
in bridge design construction maintenance and safety assessment. Written by an international
group of experts this book provides innovative design approaches used in various parts of the
world and explores concepts in design construction and maintenance that will reduce project
costs and increase structural safety and durability. Furthermore research and innovative
solutions are described throughout chapters. The Innovative Bridge Design Handbook:
Construction Rehabilitation and Maintenance brings together the specific knowledge of a bevy
of experts and academics in bridge engineering in the areas of design assessment research
and construction. The handbook begins with an analysis of the history and development of bridge
aesthetics and design various types of loads including seismic and wind loads are then
described together with fatigue and fracture. Bridge design based on material such as
reinforced concrete prestressed reinforced concrete steel and composite timber masonry
bridges is analyzed and detailed according to international codes and standards. Then bridge
design based on geometry such as arch bridges girders cable stayed and suspension bridges
is illustrated. This is followed by a discussion of a number of special topics including
integral movable highway and railway bridges together with seismic component devices cables
orthotropic decks foundations and case studies. Finally bridge construction equipment
bridge assessment retrofit and management bridge monitoring fiber-reinforced polymers to
reinforce bridges bridge collapse issues are covered.
