Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges to Eurocodes

Ioannis Vayas is professor and director of the Institute of Steel Structures at the National Technical University of Athens. He graduated in civil engineering at the same university and received his Dr-Ing from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, and his welding engineering specialization from SLV Hannover, Germany. He has been involved in research, national and European codification, and consultancy on steel structures and bridges for over 30 years.Aristidis Iliopoulosis a structural engineer and received his Dr-Ing from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He has participated in numerous projects such as longspan roofs, steel-concrete composite bridges, and steel buildings in seismic areas. He is also a member of the CEN/TC 250/SC3 and CEN/TC 250/SC4 Working Groups for steel and composite bridges.

The book deals in an ideal form––concise, but not to exhaustive––with all aspects of the design of steel- composite bridges according to the Eurocodes. … It is an essential help for the designer as the Eurocodes themselves give sometimes overwhelming and unnecessary detailed information (so that the information you are looking for is difficult to detect) whilst other information are lacking. … These chapters treat the relevant topics with the necessary depth and can be much easier read than the Eurocodes. At the age of 75 I am cautious with new books dedicated to design, but English- speaking Design Engineers should have it on their shelves.––Reiner Saul, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h., Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Stuttgart, Warmbronn, Germany

• Introduction. Types of steel-concrete composite bridges. Design codes. Actions. Basis of design. Structural materials. Modeling and methods for global analysis . Buckling of plated elements. Ultimate limit states. Serviceability limit states. Fatigue. Shear connection. Structural bearings, dampers, and expansion joints. Index.