This book examines and explains material from the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, including deck and parapet design, load calculations, limit states and load combinations, concrete and steel I-girder design, bearing design, and more.
This book examines and explains material from the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, including deck and parapet design, load calculations, limit states and load combinations, concrete and steel I-girder design, bearing design, and more.
Tim Huff has 35 years of experience as a practicing structural engineer. Dr. Huff has worked on building and bridge projects in the United States and has contributed to projects in India, Ethiopia, Brazil, the Philippines, and Haiti as a volunteer structural engineer with Engineering Ministries International. He is a faculty member of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, where he resides with his beautiful and talented wife, Monica, an artist and teacher.
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Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Loads on Bridges. Chapter 3. Load Combinations and Limit States. Chapter 4. Deck and Parapet Design. Chapter 5. Distribution of Live Load. Chapter 6. Steel Welded Plate I-Girders. Chapter 7. Precast Prestressed Concrete Girders. Chapter 8. Bridge Girder Bearings. Chapter 9. Reinforced Concrete. Substructures. Chapter 10. Seismic Design of Bridges. Chapter 11. Seismic Isolation of Bridges. Bibliography.
