Bridge Engineering (0171077/A0055)

Syllabus
1. Basic Information

Course title Bridge Engineering A Course code 0171077

#1, Room #4321, Jiuli, at
Class # Cohort 2018 (Ethiopia)
Friday 2:00-3:35 pm
Category Compulsory Credit 2.0
Instructor Dr. Shouxin Wu (武守信)
Teaching hours Three hours per weeks for 17 teaching weeks.
  Attendance(10%), homework(5%), on-class test (5%),
Assessment
mid-term exam(10%), course project (10%), and final exam (60%).

2. Lecture contents

Week # contents Lecture hrs

1 Introduction, classification, components, and structural types of bridges 2
2 Historical development and state-of-the-art of bridges 2
3 Design principles, conceptual design, bridge aesthetics 2
Classification of loads: dead loads (permanent loads) and live loads
4 2
(variable loads), combination of various loads
Bridge deck, pavement, waterproof and drainage, sidewalks, expansion
5 2
joints, railing and posts
6 Configuration and design of simply supported concrete bridges 2
7 Construction methods of simply supported concrete bridges 2
8 Design calculation of simply supported concrete bridges 2
9 Steel plate bridges and steel truss bridges 2
10 Manufacturing and erection of steel bridges 2
11 Bridge bearings 2
12 Piers and abutments 2
13 Foundations of bridges 2
14 Prestressed concrete continuous and rigid continuous bridges 2
15 Arch bridges 2
16 Cable-stayed bridges 2
17 Suspension bridges 2

3. Textbooks

 Shouxin WU, Song XIA, Zhanhui LIU, Bridge Engineering: Fundamentals and Practices,
Southwest Jiaotong University Press, 2021. (in English).

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 Shouxin WU, Design of Concrete Bridges, Southwest Jiaotong University Press, 2021. (in
English).