Bridge Engineering

Author: Qiu Boyong
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is a teaching material for transportation and civil engineering majors in higher education institutions, with equal emphasis on railway bridges and highway bridges. The book is divided into a general introduction and fifteen chapters, covering topics such as bridge design loads, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete bridges, steel bridges, underground bridges, arch bridges, cable-stayed bridges, suspension bridges, bridge piers and abutments, and bearings, as well as survey and design for major and minor bridges and culverts. The selection of materials focuses on the design calculations of commonly used railway and highway bridges and abutments, as well as the basic knowledge and theories required for construction. It also pays attention to introducing modern bridge technologies both domestically and internationally. In addition to serving as a teaching material for transportation and civil engineering majors in higher education institutions, this book can also be used as a reference for graduate students in bridge engineering and bridge engineering technicians.