Bridge Engineering

Bridge Engineering
Author: American School of Correspondence at Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1908
Genre: Bridges
ISBN:

Prototype Bridge Structures

Prototype Bridge Structures
Author: M. Y. H. Bangash
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 1226
Release: 1999
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780727727787

This definitive reference volume provides a comprehensive guide to the analysis and design of bridge structures worldwide. The in-depth consideration given to the major analytical, numerical and design issues associated with prototype structures will reduce the effort and expense involved in future construction. The book contains numerous analytical and design examples drawn from existing structures worldwide as well as an extensive bibliography and a large appendix which covers background analyses and computer subroutines.

Guidelines for Analysis Methods and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges

Guidelines for Analysis Methods and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2012
Genre: Curves in engineering
ISBN: 0309258391

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 725: Guidelines for Analysis Methods and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges offers guidance on the appropriate level of analysis needed to determine the constructability and constructed geometry of curved and skewed steel girder bridges. When appropriate in lieu of a 3D analysis, the guidelines also introduce improvements to 1D and 2D analyses that require little additional computational costs."--Publication information.

Computational Analysis and Design of Bridge Structures

Computational Analysis and Design of Bridge Structures
Author: Chung C. Fu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2014-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466579854

Gain Confidence in Modeling Techniques Used for Complicated Bridge StructuresBridge structures vary considerably in form, size, complexity, and importance. The methods for their computational analysis and design range from approximate to refined analyses, and rapidly improving computer technology has made the more refined and complex methods of ana

Modeling and Analysis of a Steel Truss Railroad Bridge Traversed by Trains at Various Speeds

Modeling and Analysis of a Steel Truss Railroad Bridge Traversed by Trains at Various Speeds
Author: surendra baniya (Mr)
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Electronic dissertations
ISBN:

The dynamic analysis of a truss railroad bridge under a moving train is very complicated. The simplified model where an entire bridge is represented by a single beam of equivalent stiffness could be suitable to analyze a girder bridge, but is not adequate to analyze accurately truss bridges, which inherently consist of numerous structural components. Moreover, due to the repetitive nature of train loading on a railroad bridge, there is an excitation frequency as a function of speed associated with each moving train. If this loading (excitation) frequency coincides with the natural frequency of the bridge, the bridge response builds up continuously with time giving rise to the resonance phenomenon. It is important to avoid the condition of resonance in a bridge for the comfort of passengers and the safety and longevity of the bridge. The objective of this thesis research was to determine the static and dynamic responses of the Devon truss railroad bridge over Housatonic River in Milford, CT under moving trains. For this purpose, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model the truss railroad bridge was constructed. The static analysis of the bridge was performed under its self-weight and the static train loads. The dynamic analysis consisted of (a) the modal analysis to determine the mode shapes and natural frequencies, and (b) the time history analysis to obtain the dynamic response of the bridge under moving trains. Mode shapes, natural frequencies, and dynamic displacements of the bridge under moving trains obtained from the field test data were compared with those from the FE model. Finally, the verified FE model was used to determine the safe train speeds to avoid resonance vibration of the bridge. The result from this study should help to address the rising concerns about the adequacy of old steel truss bridges for carrying trains with higher speeds than the allowable speed at present.