Concrete Bridge Practice: Analysis, Design and Economics

Foreword A Word to the Reader Acknowledgements The Basic Principle of Practical Structural Analysis and Design Forces to be considered in the Analysis for the Design of a Bridge Live Load on Road Bridges Structural Concrete Details of Structural Reinforcement Bars and Mesh Fabrics Details of Prestressing Steel, Tendons and Anchorages The Substructure Distribution of Externally Applied and Self Induced Horizontal Forces among Bridge Supports in Straight Decks Distribution of Externally Applied and Self Induced Horizontal Forces among Bridge Supports in Curved and/or Skewed Decks (Simple or Continuous Spans) Estimation of Design Values of Axial Load and Bending Moment in a Tall Slender Bridge Support Guarding against Buckling Effect Analysis and Design of Slender Exposed Piles in a Group Estimating Safe Bearing Capacity of Soils for Footings, Caissons and Piles Estimating the Net Dependable Passive Less Active Earth Pressure Relief from Undisturbed Soil Mass Gripping the Foundation Bulkhead between the Maximum Scour Level and the Founding Level Evaluation of Base Pressure and Contact Area under Foundations Subjected to Direct Load and Any Axis Bending Friction Slab for stabilizing Abutments and Retaining Walls Reinforced Earth Structures Bearings for Bridges The Superstructure Transverse Distribution of Live Load among Deck Longitudinals Practical Structural Analysis Baker's Method for Ultimate Load Analysis of Intermediate Concrete Structures Effect of Differential Settlement of Supports in a Statically Indeterminate Structure Reinforced Concrete Design Practical Design against Shear and Torsion and Design of Short Cantilevers and Deep Beams Design of a Reinforced Concrete Section Subject to Combined Axial Thrust and Any Axis Bending Simplified Practical Method Post Tensioned Prestressing of Concrete Behaviour of a Structure during the Loading History all the Way up to Collapse, and Estimation of Moments Attained at Ultimate Taking Redistribution into Account Effect of Tendon Transformation on Ultimate Strength of Continuous Prestressed Concrete Beams Simplified Method for the Analysis of Torsional Moment as an Effect of a Horizontally Curved Multispan Continuous Deck Temperature Stresses in Concrete Bridge Decks Simple Design Method Transverse Analysis of Some Typical Concrete deck Sections i.e. Analysing a Deck Cross Section Expansion Joints for Bridge Decks Parapets and Railings for Highway Bridges Construction Techniques Construction Considerations Cantilever Construction of Bridges Considerations in the Design of Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Decks with Special Reference to Cantilever Construction Design and Construction of Cable Stayed Bridge Decks Some Information Vibration of Bridge Decks Use of Freyssinet Flat Jacks Fire Resistance of Structural Concrete Economics and Quantity Trends in Alternative Bridge Structure Schemes Guidelines for Professionally Preparing and Submitting Detailed Structural Analysis and Design Calculations and Construction Drawings for Clients Counter Checking and Record Engineering Drawings and Working Drawings Pre Tender Data Questionnaire Design cum Construct Bridge Tender Maintenance Management System for Highway Bridges Bridge Distress Reporting: A Workman like Approach Bridge Engineering Some Topical Reflections Appendix - 1: Metric Units and Conversion Factors Appendix - 2: Some General Data Appendix - 3: Properties of Geometric Sections and Shapes Appendix - 4: Mathematical Data Appendix - 5: Estimation of Bursting Tensile Stress in Caisson Steining under Pneumatic Sinking Conditions Appendix - 6: Extracts from the A. C. I. Committee Report 343 and the AASHTO Design Specifications Appendix - 7: Some of the U. K. (DTp) Department of Transport Bridge Engineering Technical Memoranda Appendix - 8: Additional Bibliography Index