Design of modern steel railway bridges

Perhaps the first book on this topic in more than 50 years, Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges focuses not only on new steel superstructures but also outlines principles and methods that are useful for the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing steel railway bridges. It complements the recom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Unsworth, John F.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, ©2010.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420082180
1420082183
9781628705614
1628705612
9781420082173
1420082175
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 433 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • History and Development of Steel Railway Bridges; Introduction; Iron Railway Bridges; Steel Railway Bridges; Development of Railway Bridge Engineering; Bibliography; Steel for Modern Railway Bridges ; Introduction; Engineering Properties of Steel; Types of Structural Steel; Structural Steel for Railway Bridges; Structural Steels Specified for Railway Bridges; References; Planning and Preliminary Design of Modern Railway Bridges; Introduction; Planning of Railway Bridges; Preliminary Design of Steel Railway Bridges; References; Loads and Forces on Steel Railway Bridges; Introduction; Dead Loads; Railway Live Loads; Other Steel Railway Bridge Design LoadsRailway Superstructures; References; Structural Analysis and Design of Steel Railway Bridges ; Introduction; Structural Analysis of Steel Railway Superstructures; Structural Design of Steel Railway Superstructures; References; Design of Axial Force Steel Members ; Introduction; Axial Tension Members; Axial Compression Members; References; Design of Flexural Steel Members; Introduction; Strength Design of Noncomposite Flexural Members; Serviceability Design of Noncomposite Flexural Members; Strength Design of Steel and Concrete Composite Flexural Members; Serviceability Design of Composite Flexural Members; References; Design of Steel Members for Combined Forces; Introduction; Biaxial Bending; Unsymmetrical Bending (Combined Bending and Torsion); Combined Axial Forces and Bending of Members; Combined Bending and Shear of Plates; References; Design of Connections for Steel Members ; Introduction; Welded Connections; Bolted Connections; References; Index