Bridge Traffic Loading

Bridge Traffic Loading
Author: Eugene OBrien
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2021-12-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000459918

There is considerable uncertainty about what level of traffic loading bridges should be designed for. Codes specify notional load models, generally to represent extreme levels of normal traffic, but these are often crude and have inconsistent levels of safety for different load effects. Over the past few decades, increasing quantities of reliable truck weight data has become available and it is now possible to calculate appropriate levels of bridge traffic loading, both for specific bridges and for a road network. Bridge Traffic Loading brings together experts from all over the world to deliver not just the state-of-the-art of vertical loading, but also to provide recommendations of best-practice for all the major challenges in the field – short-span, single and multi-lane bridge loading, dynamic allowance and long-span bridges. It reviews issues that continue to be debated, such as which statistical distribution is most appropriate, whether free-flowing or congested traffic governs and dealing with future traffic growth. Specialist consultants and bridge owners should find this invaluable, as will regulators.

Bridge Engineering Handbook

Bridge Engineering Handbook
Author: Wai-Fah Chen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2023-01-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000887839

First Published in 1999: The Bridge Engineering Handbook is a unique, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art reference work and resource book covering the major areas of bridge engineering with the theme "bridge to the 21st century." This second volume includes sections covering substructure design and seismic design.

Bridge Optimization

Bridge Optimization
Author: Yun Lai Zhou
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2020-02-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1789852609

This is a collection of several applications for condition monitoring and damage identification in bridge structures. Bridge structural condition monitoring is essential since it can provide early warning of potential defects in bridges, which may induce catastrophic accidents and result in huge economic loss. Such bridge condition monitoring relies on sensing techniques, especially advanced sensing techniques that can provide detailed information on bridge structures. Additionally, postprocessing systems can interpret the captured data and warn of any potential faults. This book will give students a thorough understanding of bridge condition monitoring.

Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems

Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
Author: M Dogaki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351419129

This volume contains 28 papers including 4 keynote papers presented at the 10th IFIP WG7.5 Working Conference, focusing on the reliability and optimization of structural systems.

Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems

Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
Author: Marc Maes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 100015131X

This volume is an outcome of the 11th IFIP WG7.5 working conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems in Canada. The conference focuses on structural reliability methods and applications and engineering risk analysis and decision-making.

Bridge Design, Assessment and Monitoring

Bridge Design, Assessment and Monitoring
Author: Airong Chen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351208772

Bridges play important role in modern infrastructural system. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering, as well as the recent significant contributions to the process of making rational decisions in bridge design, assessment and monitoring and resources optimization deployment for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. Tang specifies the purposes and requirements of the conceptual bridge design, considering bridge types, basic elements, structural systems and load conditions. Cremona and Poulin propose an assessment procedure for existing bridges. Kallias et al. develop a framework for the performance assessment of metallic bridges under atmospheric exposure by integrating coating deterioration and corrosion modelling. Soriano et al. employ a simplified approach to estimate the maximum traffic load effect on a highway bridge and compare the results with other approaches based on on-site weigh-in-motion data. Akiyama et al. propose a method for reliability-based durability design and service life assessment of reinforced concrete deck slab of jetty structures. Chen et al. propose a meso-scale model to simulate the uniform and pitting corrosion of rebar in concrete and to obtain the crack patterns of the concrete with different rebar arrangements. Ruan et al. present a traffic load model for long span multi-pylon cable- stayed bridges. Khuc and Catbas implement a non-target vision- based method for the measurement of both static and dynamic displacements time histories. Finally, Cruz presents the career of the outstanding bridge engineer Edgar Cardoso in the fields of bridge design and experimental analysis. The book serves as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers, engineers, consultants and contractors from all areas sections of bridge engineering. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.

Engineering Geology and the Environment

Engineering Geology and the Environment
Author: G.C. Koukis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789058091970

Composed of the proceedings of a symposium on engineering geology and the environment, held in Athens in June, 1997, this work provides a survey of trends in engineering geology, and an interdisciplinary collaboration with hydrogeology, geochemistry, geomorphology, and soil and rock mechanics.