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Bridge Design Practice Manual

This page last updated: 10/25/2007

                        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