The Design of Modern Steel Bridges

Bridges are great symbols of mankind's conquest of space.They are a monument to his vision and determination, but thesealone are not enough. An appreciation of the mathematical theoriesunderlying bridge design is essential to resist the physical forcesof nature and gravity.
The object of this book is to explain firstly the nature of theproblems associated with the building of bridges with steel as thebasic material, and then the theories that are available to tacklethem.
The book covers:
* * a technological history of the different types of iron andsteel bridges
* * the basic properties of steel
* * loads on bridges from either natural or traffic-inducedforces
* * the process and aims of design based on limit state andstatistical probability concepts
* * buckling behaviour of various components and large-deflectionbehaviour of components with initial imperfections
* * detailed guidance on the design of plate and box girder bridgestogether with some design examples
The Second Edition includes a completely new chapter on thehistory and design of cable-stayed bridges, the various types ofcable used for them and their method of construction, and itaddresses many of the changes introduced in the latest version ofthe British Standard Design Code for steel bridges, BS 5400: Part3:2000.