Steel-concrete composite bridges / David Collings.
By: Collings, David
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BookPublisher: London : Reston, VA : Thomas Telford ; Distributed in USA by ASCE Press, 2005Description: xiii, 183 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0727733427 .Subject(s): Bridges -- Design and construction | Composite constructionDDC classification: 624.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 624.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00113276 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Steel Concrete Composite Bridges outlines the various forms that modern steel-concrete composite bridges take, from simple beam bridges through to arches and trusses and modern cable stay forms. It brings together a wide variety of steel-concrete composite bridge types, many of which have not been covered in any existing book or design guide. It outlines design rules for composite action and provides examples of their use in a wide variety of practical applications.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index.
General concepts -- Simple beam bridges -- Integral bridges -- Continuous bridges -- Viaducts -- Haunches and double composite action -- Box girders -- Trusses -- Arches -- Cable-stayed bridges -- Prestressed steel-concrete composite bridges -- Assessment of composite bridges.