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CONTENTS
1. Design Consideration and Engineering Materials
for Bridges
2. Bridge Loading
3. Dynamic Analysis of Bridges
4. Super-Structure Design:- Multi-cell, Multi-girder
RC bridges, Curved and skew bridges, Plate
girders, Railway Bridges
5. Substructures:- Abutments, Wing walls, Piers
6. Design of Bearings
7. Bridge Management:- Bridge Inspection,
Evaluation and Assessment of existing bridges,
Maintenance of bridges
8. Bridge Detailing
9. Introduction to software for bridge design 2
References
• AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, 4th
edition
• AASHTO LRFD Bridge Construction
Specifications, 2002
• ERA Bridge Design Manual 2002
• Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation
and repair by Mohiuddin A.Khan, 2010
• Bridge Management by M.J.Ryall, Jordan Hill,
2001
• Bridge Engineering Seismic Design, by Wai-Fah
Chen and Lian Duan CRC LLC, 2003
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Ealuation: -
• Assignments and projects 40%
• Final Examination 60%
1. Design Consideration and
Engineering Materials for Bridges
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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
E a ch co m p o n e n t a nd c o n n e c t io n s h o u l d be
designed to satisfy equation 1-1 for each of the
limit states: service, fatigue and fracture, strength
and extreme event limit states.
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A bridge for which any of these limit states is exceeded
i s u n f i t f o r t h e i n t en d ed f u n c t i o n o r u s e .
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Material Selection in Bridge Design
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