Modern Steel Bridges (Volume 1) (National Planning Textbook for "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" in General Higher Education)

Author: Wu Chong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning textbook for the "11th Five-Year Plan" of general higher education, serving as a mandatory textbook for the Civil Engineering (Bridge Direction) and Road, Bridge, and River Crossing Engineering programs. It is divided into two volumes. The book systematically introduces the design principles, structural principles, calculation theories, and methods for various steel bridges. Volume 1 includes seven chapters: Introduction, Steel Bridge Connections, Deck Structures, Steel Plate Girder Bridges, Steel Box Girder Bridges, Composite Beam Bridges, and Steel Truss Bridges. Volume 2 includes six chapters: Steel Arch Bridges, Steel Cable-Stayed Bridges, Steel Suspension Bridges, Steel Bridge Fatigue, Steel Bridge Corrosion Protection, and Steel Bridge Fabrication and Installation. This book is primarily intended as a teaching resource for university civil engineering programs (bridge direction) and road, bridge, and river crossing engineering programs. It can also be used as a reference for civil engineering students in other fields and technical and management personnel engaged in bridge engineering.