Vayas I., Iliopoulos A. Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges to Eurocodes

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. XXIV, 549 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4665-5745-1 (eBook - PDF).Combining a theoretical background with engineering practice, Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges to Eurocodes covers the conceptual and detailed design of composite bridges in accordance with the Eurocodes. Bridge design is strongly based on prescriptive normative rules regarding loads and their combinations, safety factors, material properties, analysis methods, required verifications, and other issues that are included in the codes. Composite bridges may be designed in accordance with the Eurocodes, which have recently been adopted across the European Union. This book centers on the new design rules incorporated in the EN-versions of the Eurocodes.The book addresses the design for a majority of composite bridge superstructures and guides readers through the selection of appropriate structural bridge systems. It introduces the loads on bridges and their combinations, proposes software supported analysis models, and outlines the required verifications for sections and members at ultimate and serviceability limit states, including fatigue and plate buckling, as well as seismic design of the deck and the bearings. It presents the main types of common composite bridges, discusses structural forms and systems, and describes preliminary design aids and erection methods. It provides information on railway bridges, but through the design examples makes road bridges the focal point.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