Bridge Engineering Handbook, Five Volume Set

Dr. Wai-Fah Chen is a research professor of civil engineering at the University of Hawaii. He earned his BS in civil engineering from the National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, in 1959, MS in structural engineering from Lehigh University in 1963, and PhD in solid mechanics from Brown University in 1966. His interests include constitutive modeling of engineering materials, soil and concrete plasticity, structural connections, and structural stability, and he has received several national engineering awards. In 1995, he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Chen has authored and coauthored more than 20 engineering books and 500 technical papers. He is editor-in-chief for the Civil Engineering Handbook, the Handbook of Structural Engineering, the Earthquake Engineering Handbook, and the Handbook of International Bridge Engineering (CRC Press). Dr. Lian Duanis a senior bridge engineer and structural steel committee chair with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). He earned his diploma in civil engineering in 1975, MS in structural engineering in 1981 from Taiyuan University of Technology, China, and PhD in structural engineering from Purdue University in 1990. His interests include inelastic behavior of reinforced concrete and steel structures, structural stability, seismic bridge analysis, and design. Dr. Duan has authored and coauthored more than 70 papers, chapters, and reports, and is the coeditor of the Handbook of International Bridge Engineering (CRC Press). He has received several awards, including the prestigious 2001 Arthur M. Wellington Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

"I personally found that this second edition is a real leap forward; the richness of topics, and the selection of contributors make it greatly enhanced. Such an effort and result is only possible when you already start from a high level 'position' as, in this case, the first edition." --Riccardo Zandonini, University Of Trento, Italy "... It covers almost all up-to-date facet of bridge engineering. This handbook is particularly recommended as a reference book for professional engineers worldwide." -- Manabu Ito, Takushoku University, Japan "A marvelous compendium of the state of art of bridge design, construction, and maintenance-relevant to the twenty-first century designer, while paying homage to the significant bridges of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." --Thomas G. Leech, National Bridge Practice Manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Praise for the Previous Edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook Winner of a CHOICE magazine's Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2001 "All elements of bridge engineering and design are addressed in this weighty handbook which is designed to be a state-of-the-art reference work for the industry in the twenty-first century. Editors Wai-Fah Chen and Lian Duan have invited contributions from bridge engineers around the world, and the list of authors reads like a 'who's who' of structural engineering." -Bridge Design & Engineering, 4th Quarter 2000, No. 21 "... first handbook dedicated to bridge engineering ... others cover some of the same ground but not in the breadth and scope of this handbook ... any academic or technical library supporting an engineering department should have this handbook." -W. C. Schnobrich, CHOICE, May 2000

• Fundamentals: Conceptual Design. Aesthetics: Basics. Bridge Aesthetics: Achieving Structural Art in Bridge Design. Planning of Major Fixed Links. Highway Bridge Design Specifications. Highway Bridge Loads and Load Distribution. Railroad Bridge Design Specifications. High-Speed Railway Bridges. Structural Performance Indicators for Bridges. Structural Theory. Finite Element Method. Structural Modeling. Concrete Design. Steel Design. Timber Design. Application of Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Bridges. High Performance Steel. Effective Length of Compression Members. Fatigue and Fracture. Weight Distributions of Highway Steel Bridges. Design and Damage Evaluation Methods for Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Impact Loading. Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges. Superstructure Design: Precast/Pretensioned Concrete Girder Bridges. Cast-In-Place Posttensioned Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges. Segmental Concrete Bridges. Composite Steel I-Girder Bridges. Composite Steel Box Girder Bridges. Horizontally Curved Girder Bridges. Highway Truss Bridges. Arch Bridges. Suspension Bridges. Cable-Stayed Bridges. Extradosed Bridges. Stress Ribbon Pedestrian Bridges. Movable Bridges. Floating Bridges. Concrete Decks. Orthotropic Steel Decks. Approach Slabs. Expansion Joints. Railings.Substructure Design: Bearings. Piers and Columns. Towers. Vessel Collision Design of Bridges. Bridge Scour Design and Protection. Abutments. Ground Investigation. Shallow Foundations. Deep Foundations. Earth Retaining Structures. Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation.Seismic Design: Geotechnical Earthquake Considerations. Earthquake Damage to Bridges. Dynamic Analysis. Seismic Random Response Analysis. Nonlinear Analysis. Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Bridges. Seismic Bridge Design Specifications for the United States. Seismic Design of Concrete Bridges. Seismic Design of Stee