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Alan Williams ... 576 pages - Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition (January, 2011) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0071638377 - ISBN-13: 978-0071638371 ...

Steel Structures Design: ASD/LRFD introduces the theoretical background and fundamental basis of steel design and covers the detailed design of members and their connections. This in-depth resource provides clear interpretations of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, 2010 edition, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, 2010 edition, and the International Code Council (ICC) International Building Code, 2012 edition. The code requirements are illustrated with 170 design examples, including concise, step-by-step solutions. Coverage includes: Steel buildings and design criteria + Design loads + Behavior of steel structures under design loads + Design of steel structures under design loads + Design of steel beams in flexure + Design of steel beams for shear and torsion + Design of compression members + Stability of frames + Design by inelastic analysis + Design of tension members + Design of bolted and welded connections + Plate girders + Composite construction.

Holger Svensson ... 458 pages - Publisher: Ernst & Sohn; 1st edition (July, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 343302992X - ISBN-13: 978-3433029923 ...

The need for large-scale bridges is constantly growing due to the enormous infrastructure development around the world. Since the 1970s many of them have been cable-stayed bridges. In 1975 the largest span length was 404 m, in 1995 it increased to 856 m, and today it is 1104 m. Thus the economically efficient range of cable-stayed bridges is tending to move towards even larger spans, and cable-stayed bridges are increasingly the focus of interest worldwide. This book describes the fundamentals of design analysis, fabrication and construction, in which the author refers to 250 built examples to illustrate all aspects. International or national codes and technical regulations are referred to only as examples, such as bridges that were designed to German DIN, Eurocode, AASHTO, British Standards. The chapters on cables and erection are a major focus of this work as they represent the most important difference from other types of bridges. The examples were chosen from the bridges in which the author was personally involved, or where the consulting engineers, Leonhardt, Andrä and Partners (LAP), participated significantly. Other bridges are included for their special structural characteristics or their record span lengths. The most important design engineers are also presented.

Manfred Hirt, Jean-Paul Lebet ... 600 pages  - Publisher: EPFL Press; 1st edition (June, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1466572965 - ISBN-13: 978-1466572966.

This English translation of the successful French edition presents the conception and design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, from simple beam bridges to cable supported structures. The book focuses primarily on road bridges, emphasizing the basis of their conception and the fundamentals that must be considered to assure structural safety and serviceability, as well as highlighting the necessary design checks. The principles are extended in later chapters to railway bridges as well as bridges for pedestrians and cyclists. Particular attention is paid to consideration of the dynamic performance.

Jimin He, Zhi-Fang Fu ... 304 pages  - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition (October, 2001) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0750650796 - ISBN-13: 978-0750650793 ...

This book provides a detailed overview of the theory of analytical and experimental modal analysis and its applications. Modal Analysis is the processes of determining the inherent dynamic characteristics of any system and using them to formulate a mathematical model of the dynamic behavior of the system. In the past two decades it has become a major technological tool in the quest for determining, improving and optimizing dynamic characteristics of engineering structures. Its main application is in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, but it is also gaining widespread use in civil and structural engineering, biomechanical problems, space structures, acoustic instruments and nuclear engineering.

Gongkang Fu ... 456 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470422254 - ISBN-13: 978-0470422250 ...

Covering all bridge systems (substructure and superstructure) in one succinct, manageable package, Bridge Design and Evaluation presents real-world examples demonstrating both design and evaluation using LRFD and LRFR. This succinct, real-world approach to complete bridge system design and evaluation presents the fundamentals of the topic without expanding needlessly on advanced or specialized topics. Written for a 3-4 credit course at the undergraduate or graduate level, this Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Load and Resistance Factor Rating (LRFR) based text includes numerous exercise problems with full solutions.