Simplified LRFD bridge design

"Helping readers prepare for the civil and structural PE exam, this book presents numerous design examples that serve as a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to basic bridge design using the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Fifth Edition. It offers a simplified explanation of load resis...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Kim, Jai B., 1934- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781628707397
1628707399
9781466566880
1466566884
9781466566514
1466566515
Physical Description1 online resource (xxxix, 318 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. LRFD Method of Bridge Design
  • Limit States
  • Load Combinations and Load Factors
  • Strength Limit States for Superstructure Design
  • Resistance Factors, O??, for Strength Limits
  • Design Live Load HL-93
  • Fatigue Live Load
  • Number of Design Lanes, NL
  • Multiple Presence Factor of Live Load, m
  • Dynamic Load Allowance, IM
  • Live Load Distribution Factors
  • Load Combinations for the Strength I Limit State
  • Simple Beam Live Load Moments and Shears Carrying Moving Concentrated Loads per Lane
  • Live Load Moments and Shears for Beams (Girders)
  • 2. Design Examples
  • Design Example 1 Reinforced Concrete T-Beam Bridge
  • Design Example 2 Load Rating of Reinforced Concrete T-Beam by the Load and Resistance Factor Rating (LRFR) Method
  • Design Example 3 Composite Steel-Concrete Bridge
  • Design Example 4 Longitudinal Steel Girder
  • Design Example 5 Reinforced Concrete Slabs
  • Design Example 6 Prestressed Interior Concrete Girder.
  • Contents note continued: Design Example 7 Flexural and Transverse Reinforcement for 50 ft Reinforced Concrete Girder
  • Design Example 8 Determination of Load Effects Due to Wind Loads, Braking Force, Temperature Changes, and Earthquake Loads Acting on an Abutment
  • 3. Practice Problems
  • Practice Problem 1 Noncomposite 60 ft Steel Beam Bridge for Limit States Strength I, Fatigue II, and Service
  • Practice Problem 2 161 ft Steel I-Beam Bridge with Concrete Slab
  • Practice Problem 3 Interior Prestressed Concrete I-Beam
  • Appendix A Distribution of Live Loads per Lane for Moment in Interior Beams (AASHTO Table 4.6.2.2.2b-1)
  • Appendix B Distribution of Live Loads per Lane for Moment in Exterior Longitudinal Beams (AASHTO Table 4.6.2.2.2d-1)
  • Appendix C Distribution of Live Load per Lane for Shear in Interior Beams (AASHTO Table 4.6.2.2.3a-1)
  • Appendix D Distribution of Live Load per Lane for Shear in Exterior Beams (AASHTO Table 4.6.2.2.3b-1).
  • Contents note continued: Appendix E U.S. Customary Units and Their SI Equivalents
  • References
  • Primary References
  • Supplementary References.