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Bridge Design Practice Manual

This page last updated: 11/07/2007

                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1: FUNDAMENTALS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE DESIGN

FOREWORD

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS

• Chapter 1 - Conceptual Bridge Design
• Chapter 2 - Aesthetics
• Chapter 3 - Bridge Design Philosophy
• Chapter 4 - Loads and Load Combination
• Chapter 5 - Structural Analysis and Modeling

PART II: SUPERSTRUCTURE DESIGN

• Chapter 6 - Concrete Design Theory
• Chapter 7 - Reinforced Concrete Girders (Box and T-girders)
• Chapter 8 - Reinforced Concrete Slabs
• Chapter 9 - Prestressed Concrete Girders (CIP girders, Precast girders)
• Chapter 10 - Segmental Concrete Girders
• Chapter 11 - Steel Plate Girders
• Chapter 12 - Concrete Decks (Reinforced concrete, prestressed/precast concrete)
• Chapter 13 - Steel Orthotropic Decks
• Chapter 14 - Expansion Joints

VOLUME II: SUBSTRUCTURE DESIGN AND OTHER HIGHWAY STRUCTURES

PART III: SUBSTRUCTURE DESIGN

• Chapter 15 - Bearings
• Chapter 16 - Concrete Bent Caps
• Chapter 17 - Concrete Piers and Columns
• Chapter 18 - Abutments
• Chapter 19 - Shallow Foundations
• Chapter 20 - Deep Foundations

PART IV: OTHER HIGHWAY STRUCTURES

• Chapter 21 - Barriers and Sound Walls
• Chapter 22 - Signs and Overhead Structures
• Chapter 23 - Earth Retaining Systems
• Chapter 24 - Underground Structures

VOLUME III: SEISMIC DESIGN

PART V: SEISMIC DESIGN

• Chapter 25 - Seismic Design Philosophy and Design Criteria
• Chapter 26 - Seismic Analysis and Modeling
• Chapter 27 - Seismic Design of Concrete Bridges
• Chapter 28 - Seismic Design of Steel Bridges
• Chapter 29 - Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation
• Chapter 30 - Seismic Retrofit Technology