Design and Construction of Highway Bridges 9781642874952, 1642874957
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COVER
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF BRIDGES
CHAPTER 2 SURVEY AND SELECTION OF BRIDGE SITE AND COLLECTION OF DESIGN DATA FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS
CHAPTER 3 ESTIMATION OF DESIGN DISCHARGE, SCOUR DEPTH ETC AND FIXATION OF WATERWAY, TYPE AND DEPTH OF FOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER 4 CLASSIFICATION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES AND SELECTION OF THE TYPE OF BRIDGE FOR ANY PARTICULAR SITE
CHAPTER 5 HIGHWAY BRIDGE LOADING, GENERAL FEATURES OF DESIGN AND PERMISSIBLE STRESSES
CHAPTER 6 LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN BRIDGE DECKS
CHAPTER 7 SOLID SLAB BRIDGES
CHAPTER 8 SLAB AND GIRDER BRIDGES
CHAPTER 9 SKEW AND CURVED BRIDGES
CHAPTER 10 REINFORCED CONCRETE CONTINUOUS BRIDGES
CHAPTER 11 REINFORCED CONCRETE BALANCED CANTILEVER BRIDGES
CHAPTER 12 REINFORCED CONCRETE RIGID FRAME BRIDGES
CHAPTER 13 REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGES
CHAPTER 14 SIMPLY SUPPORTED STEEL BRIDGES
CHAPTER 15 STEEL-CONCRETE COMPOSITE BRIDGES
CHAPTER 16 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES
CHAPTER 17 LONG SPAN BRIDGES
CHAPTER 18 TEMPORARY, LOW COST AND MOVABLE BRIDGES
CHAPTER 19 PIERS AND ABUTMENTS FOR BRIDGES
CHAPTER 20 WING WALLS AND RETURN WALLS
CHAPTER 21 SHALLOW AND DEEP FOUNDATIONS FOR BRIDGES
CHAPTER 22 BRIDGE BEARINGS, EXPANSION JOINTS AND WEARING COURSE
CHAPTER 23 RIVER TRAINING AND PROTECTIVE WORKS FOR BRIDGES
CHAPTER 24 CONSTRUCTION, ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGES
CHAPTER 25 BRIDGE ARCHITECTURE
APPENDIX - A HYPOTHETICAL VEHICLES FOR CLASSIFICATION OF VEHICLES AND BRIDGES (REVISED)
APPENDIX - B CURVES FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN BRIDGE DECKS: FIG, B-1 TO B-17
APPENDIX - C PIGEAUD'S CURVES :- FIG. C-1 TO C-8
APPENDIX - D PROFORMA FOR BRIDGE INSPECTION REPORT (VIDE CH-24)
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Design and Construction
of
HIGHWAY BRIDGES
"This page is Intentionally Left Blank"
Design and Construction
of
HIGHWAY BRIDGES
K S Rakshi t
BSc, BE( Cal), FIE(Ind)
Retired Chief Engineer, Public Works Dept, Govt ofWB
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THE AUTHOR The author is a retired ChiefEngineerof the Public Works Department of the Government of West Bengal and was associated with the design and construction of various types of Bridges throughout his service career in various capacities starting from the Assistant Engineer upto the rank of Chief Engineer. In addition, he devoted considerable time in studying practical problems and published as many as 30 (thirty) technical papers dealing with theoretical and practical aspects of highways and highway bridges based on his long experience and field studies in the science of bridge engineering. The author is a Life Member of the Indian Roads Congress and Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). The author acted as a member of the Bridges Committee as well as various other Committees of the Indian Roads Congress in connection with the preparation of the Standard Specification and Code of Practice for Road Bridges. The author was also a member of few code making committees of the Bureau of Indian Standards (ISI). Due to his expert knowledge in bridge and structural engineering, the author wa