Lateral Bridges

Presenter: Timothy W. Mays, Ph.D., P.E.

Contact Information: timothymays@bellsouth.net
Topics Covered:
• Temperature and Shrinkage
• Centrifugal Forces
• Braking Forces
• Vehicle/Railway Collision Forces
• Stream Forces
• Ice Forces
• Wind
• Seismic

Learning Objectives:

1) Solve short code based example problems on topics above

2) Review relevant code provisions
3) Recognize external resources for extra problems

Recommended Study Plan:

1) Master these example problems

2) Work all bridge problems in Structural Engineering Reference Manual (Alan Williams) which is
an excellent resource!
3) Review referenced sections of AASHTO LRFD
4) As desired, work additional problems referenced on last slide of presentation