Contents
- Introduction
- General remarks
- Types of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Literature review of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Finite element modeling of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Current design codes of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- References
- Nonlinear Material Behavior of the Bridge Components
- General remarks
- Nonlinear material properties of structural steel
- Nonlinear material properties of concrete
- Nonlinear material properties of reinforcement bars
- Nonlinear material properties of prestressing tendons
- Nonlinear behavior of shear connection
- References
- Applied Loads and Stability of Steel and Steel-Concrete
- Composite Bridges
- General remarks
- Dead loads of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Live loads on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Horizontal forces on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Other loads on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
- Load combinations
- Design approaches
- Stability of steel and steel-concrete composite plate girder bridges
- Stability of steel and steel-concrete composite truss bridges
- Design of bolted and welded joints
- Design of bridge bearings
- References
- Design Examples of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges
- General remarks
- Design example of a double-track plate girder deck railway steel bridge
- Design example of a through truss highway steel bridge
- Design example of a highway steel-concrete composite bridge
- Design example of a double-track plate girder pony railway steel bridge
- Design example of a deck truss highway steel bridge
- Finite Element Analysis of Steel and Steel-Concrete
- Composite Bridges
- General remarks
- Choice of finite element types for steel and steel-concrete composite
- bridges
- Choice of finite element mesh for the bridges and bridge components
- Material modeling of the bridge components
- Linear and nonlinear analyses of the bridges and bridge components
- Riks method
- Modeling of initial imperfections and residual stresses
- Modeling of shear connection for steel-concrete composite bridges
- Application of loads and boundary conditions on the bridges
- References
- Examples of Finite Element Models of Steel Bridges
- General remarks
- Previous work
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- References
- Examples of Finite Element Models of Steel-Concrete
- Composite Bridges
- General remarks
- Previous work
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- Finite element modeling and results of example
- References
- Index
