Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures

Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures
Author: Khaled Mahmoud
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2009-09-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203861582

Recent surveys of the U.S. infrastructure‘s condition have rated a staggering number of bridges structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While not necessarily unsafe, a structurally deficient bridge must be posted for weight and have limits for speed, due to its deteriorated structural components. Bridges with old design features that canno

Design and Construction of Bridge Approaches

Design and Construction of Bridge Approaches
Author: Harvey E. Wahls
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1990
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780309049054

Includes case histories of the Dumbarton Bridge (San Francisco Bay, Calif.), the Rainier Avenue Embankment (Seattle, Wash.) and the Gallows Road Grade Separation (Fairfax, Va.)

Structure in Architecture

Structure in Architecture
Author: Rowland J. Mainstone
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

A survey of structural innovations in architecture and the ways in which they were designed, emphasising major achievements such as the church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and the dome of Florence Cathedral.

Competing Against Time

Competing Against Time
Author: George W. Housner
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1998-05
Genre:
ISBN: 0788149350

Contents: the earthquake's impact on transportation systems; findings (seismology and ground motion; transportation structures; Caltrans seismic design practices; retrofit program; other types of structures); recommendations to improve California's earthquake safety; seismology and ground motion; seismic design codes in California; the California bridge seismic retrofit program; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge span failure; the Cypress Viaduct collapse; San Francisco freeway viaducts; repair and upgrade of the San Francisco freeway viaducts. Extensive annotated bibliography.