Theory and design of bridges

by Petros P. Xanthakos

The first comprehensive guide to bridge design in two decades, Theory and Design of Bridges combines traditional design methods with modern techniques to provide viable, alternative design approaches that can be used to ensure safe and economical bridges. Indeed, this essential working reference for practicing civil engineers uniquely reflects today's gradual transition from allowable stress design to Load and Resistance Factor Design by presenting LRFD specifications - developed from research requested by AASH-TO and initiated by the NCHRP - which spell out new provisions in areas ranging from load models and load factors to bridge substructure elements and foundations. Theory and Design of Bridges provides early coverage of the aesthetic and economic factors involved in bridge engineering, the basic principles of effective bridge management, and various design approaches and bridge loads, providing a solid conceptual foundation of bridge response under service conditions and at failu