Design and construction of highway bridges

Civil Engineering

Contents:
Preface,
1. History of bridges
2. Survey and selection of bridge site and collection of design data for bridge projects
3. Estimation of design discharge,scour depth etc and fixation of waterway,type and depth of foundations
4. Classification of highway bridges and selection of the type of bridge for any particular site.
5. Highway bridge loading,general features of design and permissible stresses.
6. Load distribution in bridge decks
7. Solid slab bridges
8. Slab and girder bridges
9. Skew and curved bridges
10. Reinforced concrete continuous bridges
11. Reinforced concrete balanced cantilever bridges
12. Reinforced concrete rigid frame bridges
13. reinforced concrete arch bridges
14. Simply supported steel bridges
15. Steel concrete composite bridges
16. Prestressed concrete bridges
17. Long span bridges
18. Temporary,low cost and movables bridges
19. Piers and abutments for bridges
20.Wing walls and return walls

Design, construction, highway bridges