ADVANCED THEORY OF BRIDGE STRUCTURE

Chapter 1 Analysis of Thin-Walled Effects of Box Girder Bridges 1.1 Behavior of the box girder section under loads 1.2 Flexural stress analysis of the box section 1.3 Shear lag analysis of the thin-walled box girder under bending 1.4 Torsional analysis of the box girder 1.5 Distortion analysis of the box girder 1.6 Analysis of the curved girder bridge 1.7 Summary Exercises References Chapter 2 Practical Refined Analysis of the Spatial Effects of Concrete Bridges 2.1 Overview 2.2 Spatial effects of concrete bridge structures 2.3 Complete checking stresses and practical refined models of concrete bridges 2.4 Application of the practical refined model for concrete bridges 2.5 Summary Exercises References ¡­¡­