Bridge Engineering Handbook (5 volume set) (2^nd Ed.)

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. 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 also includes seismic design, building materials, and more. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes 14 new chapters. The handbook includes five volumes:

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Fundamentals

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Construction and Maintenance

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Seismic Design

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Substructure Design

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Superstructure Design

Fundamentals

Conceptual Bridge Design

Aesthetics - Basics

Aesthetics - Structural Art

Planning of Major Fixed Links

Highway Bridge Design Specifications

Railway Bridge Design Specifications

High Speed Rail Bridges Specifications

Structural Theory

Structural Modeling

Concrete Design

Steel Design

Timber Design

Application of Advanced Composites

Effective Length of Compression Members

Fatigue and Fracture

Weight Distribution of Steel Bridges

Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges

Active Control in Bridge Engineering

Sound Walls and Railings

Superstructure Design

Precast Concrete Girder Bridges

Cast-In-Place Concrete Girder Bridges

Steel-Concrete Composite I - Girder Bridges

Steel-Concrete Composite Box Girder Bridges

Truss Bridges

Arch Bridges

Suspension Bridges

Cable-stayed Bridges

Movable Bridges

Floating Bridges

Railroad Bridges

Concrete Deck System and Approach Slabs

Steel Orthotropic Deck Systems

Expansion Joints

Substructure Design

Bearings

Piers and Columns

Towers

Vessel Collision Analysis and Design

Bridge Scour Design and Protection

Landslide Design Consideration

Abutments and Retaining Structures

Geotechnical Considerations

Shallow Foundations

Deep Foundations

Soil-Structure-Foundation Interaction

Seismic Design

Geotechnical Earthquake Consideration

Earthquake Damages to Bridges

Dynamic Analysis

Nonlinear Analysis of Bridge Structures

Seismic Design Philosophy

Seismic Design of Concrete Bridges

Seismic Design of Steel Bridges

Seismic Isolation and Energy Dispassion

Seismic Retrofit Technology

Seismic Design Practices in Japan

Construction and Maintenance

Steel Bridge Construction

Concrete Girder Bridge Construction

Segmental Concrete Bridge Construction

Substructures of Major Overwater Bridges

Construction Inspection

Bridge Management Systems

Maintenance Inspection

Bridge Ratings

Weight-In-Motion Measurement

Strengthening and Rehabilitation

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.