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Book SynopsisCombining a theoretical background with engineering practice, Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges to Eurocodes covers the conceptual and detailed design of composite bridges in accordance with the Eurocodes. Bridge design is strongly based on prescriptive normative rules regarding loads and their combinations, safety factors, material properties, analysis methods, required verifications, and other issues that are included in the codes. Composite bridges may be designed in accordance with the Eurocodes, which have recently been adopted across the European Union. This book centers on the new design rules incorporated in the EN-versions of the Eurocodes.
The book addresses the design for a majority of composite bridge superstructures and guides readers through the selection of appropriate structural bridge systems. It introduces the loads on bridges and their combinations, proposes software supported analysis models, and outlines the required verifications for sect
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The book deals in an ideal form––concise, but not to exhaustive––with all aspects of the design of steel- composite bridges according to the Eurocodes. … It is an essential help for the designer as the Eurocodes themselves give sometimes overwhelming and unnecessary detailed information (so that the information you are looking for is difficult to detect) whilst other information are lacking. … These chapters treat the relevant topics with the necessary depth and can be much easier read than the Eurocodes. At the age of 75 I am cautious with new books dedicated to design, but English- speaking Design Engineers should have it on their shelves.
––Reiner Saul, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h., Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Stuttgart, Warmbronn, Germany
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Types of steel–concrete composite bridges. Design codes. Actions. Basis of design. Structural materials. Modeling and methods for global analysis . Buckling of plated elements. Ultimate limit states. Serviceability limit states. Fatigue. Shear connection. Structural bearings, dampers, and expansion joints. Index.
