LRFD Bridge Design (Paperback)

Tim Huff

ISBN 10: 1032208376 / ISBN 13: 9781032208374

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2024

About this Item

Paperback. This book examines and explains material from the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, including deck and parapet design, load calculations, limit states and load combinations, concrete and steel I-girder design, bearing design, and more. With increased focus on earthquake resiliency, two separate chapters one on conventional seismic design and the other on seismic isolation applied to bridges will fully address this vital topic. The primary focus is on steel and concrete I-girder bridges, with regard to both superstructure and substructure design.Features: Includes several worked examples for a project bridge as well as actual bridges designed by the author Examines seismic design concepts and design details for bridges Presents the latest material based on the 9th edition of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications Covers fatigue, strength, service, and extreme event limit states Includes numerous solved problems and exercises at the end of each chapter to illustrate the concepts presentedLRFD Bridge Design: Fundamentals and Applications will serve as a useful text for graduate and upper-level undergraduate civil engineering students as well as practicing structural engineers. This book examines and explains material from the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, including deck and parapet design, load calculations, limit states and load combinations, concrete and steel I-girder design, bearing design, and more. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9781032208374

Bibliographic Details

• Title: LRFD Bridge Design (Paperback)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032208376
• ISBN 13: 9781032208374
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

This book examines and explains material from the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, including deck and parapet design, load calculations, limit states and load combinations, concrete and steel I-girder design, bearing design, and more. With increased focus on earthquake resiliency, two separate chapters– one on conventional seismic design and the other on seismic isolation applied to bridges– will fully address this vital topic. The primary focus is on steel and concrete I-girder bridges, with regard to both superstructure and substructure design.

Features:

• Includes several worked examples for a project bridge as well as actual bridges designed by the author
• Examines seismic design concepts and design details for bridges
• Presents the latest material based on the 9th edition of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications
• Covers fatigue, strength, service, and extreme event limit states
• Includes numerous solved problems and exercises at the end of each chapter to illustrate the concepts presented

LRFD Bridge Design: Fundamentals and Applications will serve as a useful text for graduate and upper-level undergraduate civil engineering students as well as practicing structural engineers.

About the Author

Tim Huff has 35 years of experience as a practicing structural engineer. Dr. Huff has worked on building and bridge projects in the United States and has contributed to projects in India, Ethiopia, Brazil, the Philippines, and Haiti as a volunteer structural engineer with Engineering Ministries International. He is a faculty member of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, where he resides with his beautiful and talented wife, Monica, an artist and teacher.